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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item do Isabel and Amara work together to break away from the boat so they can throw it overboard and reduce the rapidity of the capsizing process?
(a) The portrait of Fidel Castro.
(b) The cooler.
(c) A bench.
(d) The engine.

2. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Officer Sturmer.
(b) Captain Schroeder.
(c) Petty Officer Jockl.
(d) Schiendick.

3. Though Mahmoud and his family are impossibly exhausted during their walk to their destination country, they do not stop. What do they know will happen if they stop?
(a) They will be arrested by the Austrian police.
(b) They will be arrested by the Hungarian police.
(c) They will fall asleep and never wake up.
(d) They will get hypothermia.

4. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?
(a) Doctor Lewis.
(b) Officer Padron.
(c) District Attorney Daniels.
(d) Sergeant Diplo.

5. What words does Josef's father scream throughout his rescue from the ocean?
(a) "Vengeance will be mine!"
(b) "Please help me!"
(c) "Let me die!"
(d) "Get away!"

Short Answer Questions

1. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?

2. 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?

3. What sight helps motivate Isabel's will to pull the heavy boat onto shore once the family reaches Miami?

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

5. When Isabel pleads with Lito not to turn back for Cuba, what reason does she cite above all others?

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