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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?
(a) Ivan's brother and his girlfriend.
(b) Ivan's cousins.
(c) Ivan's sister and her boyfriend.
(d) Ivan's aunt and uncle.

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

3. Even though Fidel Castro announces to the Cuban people that they are now free to leave Cuba whenever they want, why is Isabel's mother still especially wary about the trip?
(a) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(b) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.
(c) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. The Nazis who storm Josef's family's home are never depicted directly by the author. Instead, what word is used to refer to them throughout the scene?
(a) Mummies.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Robots.
(d) Zombies.

5. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) Mofongo.
(b) A coat.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) A backpack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means what in the English language?

3. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?

4. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?

5. For what transgression do the Nazis say they are taking Josef's father into "protective custody" (3)?

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