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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

2. Why is Lito alarmed when a passenger shoots at the sharks in the water with his pistol?
(a) Lito is worried that the sharks' blood will bring a greater number of sharks.
(b) Lito is worried that in his anger, Luis will hit a passenger by mistake.
(c) Lito thinks that Luis looks like he is having a mental breakdown.
(d) Lito does not want the group to waste their bullets.

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 22.
(c) At least 10.
(d) At least 5.

4. When Isabel and her family finally reach land and believe they have reached Florida, where have they landed instead?
(a) The Dominican Republic.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) Turks and Caicos.
(d) Puerto Rico.

5. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?
(a) Adolf Hitler.
(b) Benito Mussolini.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?

3. Who rescues Josef's father Aaron from the sea after Aaron jumps overboard?

4. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?

5. Who sews Ruthie's stuffed bunny back together before she can see it headless?

(see the answer key)

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