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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 an item Mahmoud sees upon disembarking from the Greek Coast Guard boat?
(a) A rocky shore.
(b) Food kiosks.
(c) A pile of life jackets.
(d) Dead bodies.

2. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Schiendick.
(b) Petty Officer Jockl.
(c) Captain Schroeder.
(d) Officer Sturmer.

3. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?
(a) At least 7.
(b) At least 10.
(c) At least 22.
(d) At least 5.

4. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?
(a) "I can't breathe."
(b) "Please no."
(c) "I can't die here."
(d) "I'm going to die."

5. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?
(a) A medical clinic.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A dance floor.
(d) A reception hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?

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

3. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?

4. Of the refugees boarding the dinghy with Mahmoud's family, what does the narrator say is the kind of person constituting the majority of the passengers?

5. When Mahmoud and his family wait at the border between Greece and Macedonia, what is NOT one way Mahmoud feels?

(see the answer key)

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