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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the president would not meet with him.
(c) He says that the president is sympathetic but his hands are tied.
(d) He says that the president had been assassinated two days before his visit.

2. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?
(a) Satire.
(b) Puns.
(c) Knock-knock jokes.
(d) Sarcasm.

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

4. 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 father.
(d) Josef's mother.

5. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?
(a) "Please no."
(b) "I can't breathe."
(c) "I can't die here."
(d) "I'm going to die."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?

2. 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?

3. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?

4. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?

5. Of the refugees boarding the dinghy with Mahmoud's family, what does the narrator say is the kind of person constituting the majority of the passengers?

(see the answer key)

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