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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 270-317.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Isabel's boat is sinking and all the passengers are bailing furiously, what kind of craft approaches them suddenly?
(a) A U.S. Coast Guard boat.
(b) A Puerto Rican merchant ship.
(c) A Cuban Coast Guard boat.
(d) A rescue ship sent by Amnesty International.

2. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A naming ceremony.
(b) A bar mitzvah.
(c) A bat mitzvah.
(d) A bris.

3. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?
(a) He would force the people who had taken Hana to take his mother as well.
(b) He would stand up for the boy being robbed of his bread in the alley.
(c) He would tell Bashir al-Assad and his army to go to hell.
(d) He would scream and awaken the citizens of Izmir so they would see him.

4. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?
(a) Senor Castillo.
(b) Lito.
(c) Isabel.
(d) Senora Castillo.

5. The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means what in the English language?
(a) The night of broken glass.
(b) The night of hopelessness.
(c) The night of reverence.
(d) The night of pointy reckonings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Josef's mother take Ruthie so that she can enact her plan to calm her husband?

2. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?

3. Because Josef cannot speak French, what grade is he placed into when arriving in France, even though he is 13 years old at the time?

4. What does Isabel's father decide to name her new baby brother?

5. How many hours does the map on Mahmoud's phone say it will take his family to walk to the country he suggests?

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