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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 thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?
(a) The trip from the Bahamas to Florida.
(b) The tanker and the storm.
(c) The riots and the bartering for gasoline.
(d) The trip from Cuba to the Dominican Republic.

2. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Lesbos.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Athens.
(d) Cypress.

3. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His sister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?

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

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. What does Mami say it is time for, once she puts a stop to the brewing argument on the boat?

5. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?

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