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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. How long does Zeitoun say recovery will take when he sees the flood?
(a) Years.
(b) Months.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Hours.

2. What contaminates the water in the flood?
(a) All of these.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Food.
(d) Debris.

3. When does Zeitoun think about his family in the homeland?
(a) When he eats dinner.
(b) When he gets letters.
(c) When he goes to church.
(d) When he drives to work.

4. How do Zeitoun and his wife keep in touch all day?
(a) They send e-mails.
(b) They meet in the office.
(c) They text message.
(d) They call each other.

5. Where does Yuko live?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Miami.
(c) Salt Lake.
(d) Baton Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathy tease Zeitoun about when she hears about the flood?

2. What is Katrina?

3. Why does Kathy's mother think she wears the hijab?

4. Who did Zeitoun give all his fishing money to?

5. What items from childhood does Zeitoun save from the flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zeitoun prepare for the predicted flooding?

2. What does Zeitoun remember about his oldest brother?

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

4. What image from the wreckage of the flood is the hardest on Zeitoun?

5. What does Alvin ask Zeitoun to do for him?

6. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

7. What is a hijab?

8. What is the contraflow?

9. Why does Zeitoun not check out his office when he originally plans?

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

(see the answer keys)

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