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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words does Josef's father scream throughout his rescue from the ocean?
(a) "Let me die!"
(b) "Please help me!"
(c) "Vengeance will be mine!"
(d) "Get away!"

2. Where does Mahmoud's father keep the family's official papers and their money?
(a) In a safe deposit box.
(b) In his wallet.
(c) Sewn into Waleed's hat.
(d) Tucked into his pants under his shirt.

3. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Buchenwald.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Dachau.

4. The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means what in the English language?
(a) The night of hopelessness.
(b) The night of pointy reckonings.
(c) The night of broken glass.
(d) The night of reverence.

5. What are piropos?
(a) Coats.
(b) Flirtatious compliments Cuban men say to women on the street.
(c) Fried dough pockets filled with meat.
(d) Beaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?

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

3. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?

4. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?

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

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