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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's sister.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's best friend.

2. Contrary to the truth, what does Ivan tell Isabel that he and his father are building in their garage?
(a) A birdhouse.
(b) A doghouse.
(c) A skateboard ramp.
(d) A ping pong table.

3. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?
(a) Drown.
(b) Burn.
(c) Commit suicide by gunshot.
(d) Be buried alive.

4. When it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?
(a) Using their single cell phone to call the Coast Guard.
(b) Using the stars for navigation.
(c) Using the flashlight on their single cell phone to light their path.
(d) Stopping and waiting for dawn.

5. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?
(a) 90.
(b) 30.
(c) 60.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?

3. The Nazis who storm Josef's family's home are never depicted directly by the author. Instead, what word is used to refer to them throughout the scene?

4. Before leaving Mahmoud and his family so they can get some sleep, what item does the boy tell them they must procure before the next leg of their trip?

5. What are piropos?

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