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

2. When Isabel searches for Ivan's Industriales hat, where does she find it?
(a) Tangled up in a sweatshirt.
(b) Floating in the water next to the boat.
(c) In Senora Castillo's hand.
(d) Under a bench on the boat.

3. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?
(a) 6,000 Syrian pounds or about $30 American dollars.
(b) 500 Syrian pounds or about $2.50 American dollars.
(c) 1,000 Syrian pounds or about $5 American dollars.
(d) 2,000 Syrian pounds or about $10 American dollars.

4. To what type of structure does the boy lead Mahmoud and his family?
(a) To a library.
(b) To an abandoned hospital.
(c) To an abandoned shopping mall.
(d) To a bus depot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to halt the song being sung by the occupants of Isabel's boat?

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

4. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?

5. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?

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