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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?
(a) She will visit the doctor and procure a tranquilizer for him.
(b) She will ask the ship's psychiatrist to visit him.
(c) She will restrain him on the cabin bed.
(d) She will leave him alone for an hour so he can soothe himself.

2. For whom does Josef tear his clothing in recognition of his own loss of the person?
(a) Josef's sister.
(b) Josef's cousin.
(c) Josef's mother.
(d) Josef's father.

3. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?
(a) Senor Castillo.
(b) Senora Castillo.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Lito.

4. Who suggests that two of the boat's passengers get into the water and hang onto the boat in order to reduce the risk of capsizing?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Lito.
(c) Papi.
(d) Mami.

5. What is NOT an item Mahmoud sees upon disembarking from the Greek Coast Guard boat?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) A rocky shore.
(c) Food kiosks.
(d) A pile of life jackets.

6. When Josef's father disappears from the family's cabin in Josef's absence, where does he turn out to have gone?
(a) He has jumped into the ocean.
(b) He has gone to the ship cafeteria.
(c) He has gone to confront Schiendick.
(d) He has gone to the captain's quarters.

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

8. When Mahmoud and his family reach the border of Hungary, what are the Hungarian soldiers doing?
(a) Loading their weapons.
(b) Sewing red armbands.
(c) Building a fence.
(d) Putting on riot gear.

9. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Athens.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Sicily.

10. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Lesbos.
(c) Tuscany.
(d) Sicily.

11. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?
(a) He says that the president had been assassinated two days before his visit.
(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 unsympathetic to the refugees' plights.

12. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?
(a) Burn.
(b) Be buried alive.
(c) Drown.
(d) Commit suicide by gunshot.

13. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) She touches Ivan's chest.
(b) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(c) Nothing, since she is too overcome with grief.
(d) She gives Ivan a hug.

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

15. What action does Waleed take throughout the entire robbery by the taxi driver, causing Mahmoud to worry about his emotional well-being?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He sobs.
(c) He sucks his thumb.
(d) He rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mahmoud and his family wait at the border between Greece and Macedonia, what is NOT a planned stop on the rest of their journey to safety?

2. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

3. What is NOT listed among the items provided by the tourists who help Isabel and the other passengers?

4. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?

5. Why is Lito alarmed when a passenger shoots at the sharks in the water with his pistol?

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