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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 regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?
(a) Rules.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Empathy.

2. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?
(a) She will ask the ship's psychiatrist to visit him.
(b) She will visit the doctor and procure a tranquilizer for him.
(c) She will restrain him on the cabin bed.
(d) She will leave him alone for an hour so he can soothe himself.

3. What kind of engine is powering Isabel's boat?
(a) A truck engine.
(b) A lawnmower engine.
(c) A car engine.
(d) A motorcycle engine.

4. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?
(a) He is paranoid.
(b) He is gaunt.
(c) He is thin.
(d) He has rage in his eyes.

5. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?
(a) 16 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?

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

3. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?

4. 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?

5. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?

(see the answer key)

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