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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Pablo Escobar.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Che Guevara.
(d) Fidel Castro.

3. In the moments after Isabel and the other passengers see Miami, what event happens?
(a) Their boat motor dies.
(b) They bury Ivan at sea.
(c) Their boat starts sinking.
(d) Luis jumps off the boat and starts to swim.

4. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?
(a) It begins to rain.
(b) The boat is struck by another boat.
(c) The boat's tar patch begins to fail.
(d) The boat develops a hole from an unknown cause.

5. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Education.
(c) Sports.
(d) Public health.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isabel first sees the lights of Miami, what does she think she is seeing instead?

2. Why is Belgrade, Serbia an unsafe place for Mahmoud and his family?

3. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?

4. In what location does Josef's mother spend all her time on the ship since leaving Cuba?

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

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