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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what type of structure does the boy lead Mahmoud and his family?
(a) To an abandoned shopping mall.
(b) To an abandoned hospital.
(c) To a bus depot.
(d) To a library.

2. What extra danger does the rescuer of Josef's father face during his dive into the ocean, where Josef's father flounders?
(a) Hurricane force winds.
(b) An approaching Border Guard ship.
(c) An approaching Coast Guard ship.
(d) Circling sharks.

3. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?
(a) The tanker and the storm.
(b) The trip from Cuba to the Dominican Republic.
(c) The trip from the Bahamas to Florida.
(d) The riots and the bartering for gasoline.

4. Ivan's favorite team, The Industriales, is what type of team?
(a) A lacrosse team.
(b) A basketball team.
(c) A baseball team.
(d) A soccer team.

5. What is eventually the only part of Isabel's family's boat that remains unsplintered?
(a) The engine housing.
(b) The prow.
(c) The lining depicting Fidel Castro.
(d) The benches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are piropos?

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

3. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?

4. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?

5. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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