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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?
(a) 90.
(b) 12.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

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

3. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?
(a) His infant brother is missing.
(b) His little sister is by herself somewhere.
(c) His father is not the same man he had been before the concentration camp.
(d) His mother is unconscious.

4. 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 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 assassinated two days before his visit.

5. What kind of engine is powering Isabel's boat?
(a) A motorcycle engine.
(b) A lawnmower engine.
(c) A truck engine.
(d) A car engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isabel and her family finally reach land and believe they have reached Florida, where have they landed instead?

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

3. What does Ivan's mother Señora Castillo do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

4. When the head of the ship's committee tells the passengers that the ship will be heading back to Europe, what are the two phrases chanted by the passengers?

5. What does Officer Padron do when the passengers of Josef's ship rush the ship ladder?

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