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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location does Josef's mother spend all her time on the ship since leaving Cuba?
(a) In her cabin.
(b) On the sundeck.
(c) In the dance hall.
(d) In the cafeteria.

2. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?
(a) He says that the president had been unsympathetic to the refugees' plights.
(b) He says that the president is sympathetic but his hands are tied.
(c) He says the president would not meet with him.
(d) He says that the president had been assassinated two days before his visit.

3. When Josef's ship's engines roar to life for the first time since arriving in a Cuban harbor, where do the passengers believe the ship will be going next?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Lesbos.
(c) Germany.
(d) Poland.

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

5. Even though Fidel Castro announces to the Cuban people that they are now free to leave Cuba whenever they want, why is Isabel's mother still especially wary about the trip?
(a) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(b) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an item Mahmoud sees upon disembarking from the Greek Coast Guard boat?

2. On what condition is Josef's father released?

3. When Mahmoud's family arrives in the refugee camp in Turkey, Mahmoud's father reveals that he has found a smuggler who can get family from Turkey to what country?

4. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?

5. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?

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