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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 gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?
(a) Priests.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Missionaries.

2. Even though Fidel Castro announces to the Cuban people that they are now free to leave Cuba whenever they want, why is Isabel's mother still especially wary about the trip?
(a) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(d) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.

3. When Josef overhears two stewards talking about racing other boats to Cuba, how many other boats do they say are traveling their route?
(a) 2.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. Ivan's favorite team, The Industriales, is what type of team?
(a) A lacrosse team.
(b) A basketball team.
(c) A soccer team.
(d) A baseball team.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?

3. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?

4. When Isabel pleads with Lito not to turn back for Cuba, what reason does she cite above all others?

5. 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?

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