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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Lightning strikes.
(c) Lighthouses.
(d) Rescue boats.

2. To what location does a taxi driver offer to drive Mahmoud and his family if they give him 24,000 Syrian pounds?
(a) Lesbos.
(b) Crete.
(c) Serbia.
(d) Macedonia.

3. What is eventually the only part of Isabel's family's boat that remains unsplintered?
(a) The engine housing.
(b) The benches.
(c) The lining depicting Fidel Castro.
(d) The prow.

4. When Isabel first sees the lights of Miami, what does she think she is seeing instead?
(a) Stars.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Dawn.
(d) A planet.

5. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?
(a) She is pregnant with another child.
(b) She wants a divorce after they reach Florida.
(c) She is in labor.
(d) She has lost her baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

2. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?

3. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?

4. After robbing Mahmoud's family at gunpoint, what does the taxi driver order the family to do?

5. Ivan's favorite team, The Industriales, is what type of team?

(see the answer key)

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