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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. When did Zeitoun's worries about special attention from military men begin?
(a) When he immigrated.
(b) When he converted to Islam.
(c) 9/11.
(d) His 30th birthday.

2. What helps Kathy to stay calm as long as she does?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her faith.
(c) Her illness.
(d) Her connection to Zeitoun.

3. What is becoming infected on Zeitoun while he is arrested?
(a) A cut.
(b) A splinter.
(c) All of these.
(d) A bruise.

4. What causes the mayor to cancel the reopening of the city?
(a) The gangs.
(b) The military orders.
(c) The second hurricane.
(d) The second levy break.

5. How does Kathy see an image of her house?
(a) She sees it in a FEMA report.
(b) She looks on the internet.
(c) A neighbor e-mails one to her.
(d) It is shown on TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does this take place in?

2. What is taken from Todd during processing?

3. What lie does Kathy tell her children to keep them calm?

4. What shocks Kathy about the image she sees of her house?

5. What reminds Zeitoun of Abu Ghraib?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the mayor to delay the reopening of the city?

2. How does Kathy cheer up her daughters when they realize their entire house is under water?

3. What deal are the men in the cell with Zeitoun offered?

4. How does Zeitoun get a message out of prison and to his wife?

5. Why is Ahmad so upset when he learns that Zeitoun is in prison?

6. How does Kathy see how much Aisha is suffering with her missing father?

7. Why hasn't Kathy been able to hear from Zeitoun for two weeks?

8. What were some of the people incarcerated with Zeitoun arrested for?

9. What keeps Kathy from going home like she wanted to?

10. What makes Kathy decide to put her kids in a school in Phoenix?

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