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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?
(a) 1,000 Syrian pounds or about $5 American dollars.
(b) 500 Syrian pounds or about $2.50 American dollars.
(c) 6,000 Syrian pounds or about $30 American dollars.
(d) 2,000 Syrian pounds or about $10 American dollars.

2. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

3. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?
(a) They hide and then sneak away.
(b) They make noise in hopes of distracting the robbers.
(c) They find a policeman.
(d) They challenge the robbers.

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 5.
(b) At least 22.
(c) At least 7.
(d) At least 10.

5. 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 cell phone.
(c) A stuffed rabbit.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?

2. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

3. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?

4. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?

5. The third major character focused upon within the novel's narrative is Mahmoud, a boy living in Syria. What year is it when the reader first joins Mahmoud?

(see the answer key)

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