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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?
(a) Her business partner.
(b) Her second cousin.
(c) Her neighbor.
(d) Her uncle.

2. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?
(a) Sugarcane.
(b) Alfalfa.
(c) Rice.
(d) Cattle.

3. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Lawyer.

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 thin.
(c) He is gaunt.
(d) He has rage in his eyes.

5. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Priests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?

2. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?

3. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

4. On what condition is Josef's father released?

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

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