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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Zeitoun's wife when he met her?

3. Why can't Zeitoun sleep in his bed during the flood?

4. What is the name of Zeitoun's wife?

5. What contaminates the water in the flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zeitoun do when he hears about a bloated body?

2. How did Zeitoun meet his wife?

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

4. What do Zeitoun's daughters do the night before the storm?

5. What drove Kathy away from Christianity?

6. How did Zeitoun's relationship with his wife progress when they first met?

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

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

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

10. What favor does Todd do for Zeitoun?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zeitoun endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout "Zeitoun"?

Essay Topic 3

"Zeitoun" takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Eggers have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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