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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Then narrator describes the fast-approaching tanker heading toward Isabel's boat as eventually getting so loud that it sounds like a what?
(a) A stream of freeway traffic.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A jet engine.
(d) A tornado.

2. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?
(a) A Star of David armband.
(b) A red jacket.
(c) A prisoner number placard.
(d) A Star of David tattoo.

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

4. What are piropos?
(a) Flirtatious compliments Cuban men say to women on the street.
(b) Coats.
(c) Fried dough pockets filled with meat.
(d) Beaches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?

2. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?

3. When four European countries agree to split the refugees on Josef's ship among them, what is NOT one country on the list?

4. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?

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

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