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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A cell phone.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A gun.
(d) A stuffed rabbit.

3. What is eventually the only part of Isabel's family's boat that remains unsplintered?
(a) The benches.
(b) The lining depicting Fidel Castro.
(c) The engine housing.
(d) The prow.

4. What item does Josef buy when he sneaks into the dining car?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A cup of hot chocolate.

5. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A backpack.
(b) A coat.
(c) Mofongo.
(d) A trumpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?

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

3. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

4. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?

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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