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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 73-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?
(a) His armband.
(b) His yarmulke.
(c) His photograph of his grandfather.
(d) His glasses.

2. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?
(a) To the Dominican Republic.
(b) To Mexico.
(c) To Canada.
(d) To the United States.

3. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?
(a) Due to Josef's father losing his job.
(b) Due to recently-enacted Nazi laws.
(c) Due to their previous apartment being destroyed by a missile.
(d) Due to an altercation with the landlord of the previous apartment.

4. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?
(a) At least 10.
(b) At least 5.
(c) At least 22.
(d) At least 7.

5. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. Then narrator describes the fast-approaching tanker heading toward Isabel's boat as eventually getting so loud that it sounds like a what?

2. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?

3. When Josef overhears two stewards talking about racing other boats to Cuba, how many other boats do they say are traveling their route?

4. When Josef and the children are below deck during their ship tour, Schiendick and his friends begin to sing a song with anti-Semitic lyrics. What is the subject of the song?

5. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?

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