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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?
(a) They will be deported back to Cuba.
(b) They will be imprisoned immediately.
(c) They will be granted sanctuary.
(d) They will be held in a detention center.

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

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

4. On what condition is Josef's father released?
(a) That he pay the Nazis a series of bribes.
(b) That he remain in Berlin until further notice.
(c) That he provide information about one of his neighbors.
(d) That his whole family leave Germany at once.

5. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?
(a) They hide and then sneak away.
(b) They find a policeman.
(c) They make noise in hopes of distracting the robbers.
(d) They challenge the robbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?

2. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?

3. What item does Josef buy when he sneaks into the dining car?

4. Then narrator describes the fast-approaching tanker heading toward Isabel's boat as eventually getting so loud that it sounds like a what?

5. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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