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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 Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?
(a) He says he wants to make a million dollars.
(b) He says he wants to start over.
(c) He says he wants to help other refugees.
(d) He says he wants to be free.

2. What reason does Isabel's father give for forbidding anyone to strike a match even though their boat is about to be hit by a tanker?
(a) He does not want them to waste their few matches.
(b) Being saved will result in being sent back to Cuba.
(c) He thinks the current wind will immediately extinguish the flame.
(d) The tanker is likely manned by human traffickers.

3. When Josef and the children are below deck during their ship tour, Schiendick and his friends begin to sing a song with anti-Semitic lyrics. What is the subject of the song?
(a) Jewish blood.
(b) The Fuhrer.
(c) The Third Reich.
(d) German blood.

4. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?
(a) Ivan's sister and her boyfriend.
(b) Ivan's aunt and uncle.
(c) Ivan's cousins.
(d) Ivan's brother and his girlfriend.

5. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?
(a) A medical clinic.
(b) A reception hall.
(c) A dance floor.
(d) A synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?

2. Who pulls Isabel hurriedly into the boat in order to save her from being attacked by the shark who has bitten Ivan?

3. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?

4. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?

5. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

(see the answer key)

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