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

2. 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.

3. Where does Mahmoud's father keep the family's official papers and their money?
(a) Sewn into Waleed's hat.
(b) In a safe deposit box.
(c) In his wallet.
(d) Tucked into his pants under his shirt.

4. When Josef overhears two stewards talking about racing other boats to Cuba, how many other boats do they say are traveling their route?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

5. When Mahmoud and his family wait at the border between Greece and Macedonia, what is NOT one way Mahmoud feels?
(a) Unwanted.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?

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

(see the answer key)

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