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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?
(a) Cuba Libre.
(b) Seek sanctuary.
(c) Fight against the impossible and win.
(d) Never say die.

2. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?
(a) Isabel is one year older than Ivan.
(b) Isabel is two years older than Ivan.
(c) Ivan is two years older than Isabel.
(d) Ivan is one year older than Isabel.

3. In order to avail themselves of the smuggler's help, Mahmoud and his family must first make it to what city on the coast of Turkey?
(a) Ankara.
(b) Antalya.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Istanbul.

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

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?
(a) He says he wants to make a million dollars.
(b) He says he wants to start over.
(c) He says he wants to be free.
(d) He says he wants to help other refugees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are piropos?

2. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?

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

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

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?

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