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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 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) Bulgaria.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Greece.

2. What sight helps motivate Isabel's will to pull the heavy boat onto shore once the family reaches Miami?
(a) The Coast Guard ship.
(b) Her father's grim face.
(c) A group of welcoming tourists.
(d) The birth of her baby sister.

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

4. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Athens.

5. 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?
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) First.
(d) Sixth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the outcome of Josef's mother's attempt to bribe the Nazis?

2. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

3. As Mahmoud and his family wait at the border between Greece and Macedonia, what is NOT a planned stop on the rest of their journey to safety?

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

5. Of the refugees boarding the dinghy with Mahmoud's family, what does the narrator say is the kind of person constituting the majority of the passengers?

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