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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 73-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

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

3. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?
(a) At least 5.
(b) At least 7.
(c) At least 10.
(d) At least 22.

4. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It is already full of other families sharing rooms.
(c) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.
(d) They cannot find it and eventually give up.

5. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?
(a) MS St. Cyprian.
(b) MS St. Louis.
(c) MS St. Croix.
(d) MS St. Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?

2. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?

3. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?

4. When Isabel's narrative opens, she is trying to coax a kitten out from hiding using what type of food?

5. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?

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