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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mahmoud's family arrives in the refugee camp in Turkey, Mahmoud's father reveals that he has found a smuggler who can get family from Turkey to what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Greece.
(d) Bulgaria.

2. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?
(a) A professional baseball player.
(b) A marine biologist.
(c) A professional soccer player.
(d) A doctor.

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) Antalya.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Izmir.
(d) Istanbul.

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

5. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?
(a) Petty Officer Jockl.
(b) Schiendick.
(c) Josef's mother.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?

2. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?

3. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

4. 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?

5. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?

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