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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 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 cousins.
(b) Ivan's sister and her boyfriend.
(c) Ivan's aunt and uncle.
(d) Ivan's brother and his girlfriend.

2. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Sports.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Education.
(d) Public health.

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

4. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?
(a) They will be deported back to Cuba.
(b) They will be held in a detention center.
(c) They will be imprisoned immediately.
(d) They will be granted sanctuary.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

5. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?

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