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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zeitoun use for fishing as a child?
(a) Spears.
(b) Nets.
(c) Poles.
(d) All of these.

2. Why does Zeitoun go by his last name?
(a) His buddies always called him that.
(b) His name changed when he migrated.
(c) He shares his father's name.
(d) His first is hard to pronounce.

3. How old was Zeitoun's wife when he met her?
(a) 28.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 31.

4. What religion does Zeitoun's wife follow?
(a) Mormonism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholocism.
(d) Buddism.

5. What city was Zeitoun born in?
(a) Jableh.
(b) Jatia.
(c) Jaoubet.
(d) Jabba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Zeitoun's occupation?

2. What does Zeitoun weep for while getting around the neighborhood during the flood?

3. Why is Zeitoun getting more work than normal at the beginning of the book?

4. How many children does Zeitoun have?

5. How many tenants does Zeitoun have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Ahmed give Zeitoun about Katrina?

2. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

3. What makes Zeitoun feel nervous the night after the storm?

4. What surprises Zeitoun when he gets to the Tulane campus?

5. Why did the mayor tell citizens to be armed with an axe if they did not evacuate?

6. What is the contraflow?

7. What makes it hard for Zeitoun to sleep at night after the second day of the flood?

8. How did Zeitoun begin his sea-faring career?

9. What is Kathy dreading about the evacuation?

10. How does Zeitoun spread food and water without using up his own supply?

(see the answer keys)

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