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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 216-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?
(a) Knock-knock jokes.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Puns.
(d) Satire.

2. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) She gives Ivan a hug.
(b) Nothing, since she is too overcome with grief.
(c) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(d) She touches Ivan's chest.

3. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?
(a) Miami.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Argentina.

4. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?
(a) An approaching storm.
(b) A funeral at sea.
(c) An approaching tanker.
(d) A man who has been reported missing.

5. What does Ivan's mother Señora Castillo do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) She touches Ivan's chest.
(b) She takes Ivan's hand.
(c) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(d) She gives Ivan a hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?

2. In what location does Josef's mother spend all her time on the ship since leaving Cuba?

3. When Isabel's boat is sinking and all the passengers are bailing furiously, what kind of craft approaches them suddenly?

4. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?

5. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?

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