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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 engine housing.
(b) The benches.
(c) The lining depicting Fidel Castro.
(d) The prow.

2. What is NOT an item Mahmoud sees upon disembarking from the Greek Coast Guard boat?
(a) A pile of life jackets.
(b) A rocky shore.
(c) Food kiosks.
(d) Dead bodies.

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

4. What extra danger does the rescuer of Josef's father face during his dive into the ocean, where Josef's father flounders?
(a) An approaching Coast Guard ship.
(b) An approaching Border Guard ship.
(c) Circling sharks.
(d) Hurricane force winds.

5. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?
(a) Too many of them had lost loved ones in the sea on the way over.
(b) They are too tired to do much of anything.
(c) They have heard that Greece has decided to return all Syrian refugees to Syria.
(d) They know that the most dangerous leg of the trip is still to come.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Josef's ship's engines roar to life for the first time since arriving in a Cuban harbor, where do the passengers believe the ship will be going next?

2. Where does Mahmoud's father keep the family's official papers and their money?

3. How long does it take Josef's ship to sail from Havana to within viewing distance of Miami?

4. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

5. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?

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