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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A flashlight.
(b) A gun.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A stuffed rabbit.

2. On what condition is Josef's father released?
(a) That he pay the Nazis a series of bribes.
(b) That he provide information about one of his neighbors.
(c) That his whole family leave Germany at once.
(d) That he remain in Berlin until further notice.

3. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) They cannot find it and eventually give up.
(c) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.
(d) It is already full of other families sharing rooms.

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

5. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?
(a) Wheel of Fortune.
(b) Seinfeld.
(c) The Simpsons.
(d) South Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?

2. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

3. What item does Josef buy when he sneaks into the dining car?

4. What show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?

5. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?

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