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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 through 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Nadiya and Gregor?
(a) Yakov's aunt and uncle.
(b) Strangers who have come to take the boys and get them adopted in America.
(c) Friends of Uncle Misha.
(d) The parents who have come to adopt Yakov and his three siblings.

2. What is a direct donation?
(a) When a doctor chooses who should get a patient's organs.
(b) When you take an item to be donated directly to the donation site.
(c) When a patient decides who should get his stuff if he dies.
(d) A patient's family chooses who should get their loved one's organs.

3. What does Nina Voss overhear her husband saying to the doctors in Chapter 3?
(a) She needs a new heart at any cost.
(b) She is too young to die.
(c) She is costing him too much money with her illness.
(d) She needs to die faster.

4. What emotional things does Yakov tell the captain of the ship he does not do in in Chapter 7?
(a) Cry and grow angry.
(b) Laugh or brood.
(c) Laugh or grow angry.
(d) Laugh or cry.

5. How old does Yakov claim he was when he began smoking?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the sailboat Mark is racing in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 8, who does Abby see in her dreams?

3. What illness impacts the boys in Nadiya's charge as they travel to America in Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Nina want to know about the boy who donated a heart to her?

5. Where did Abby first meet Mr. Parr as discussed in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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