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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?
(a) Due to an altercation with the landlord of the previous apartment.
(b) Due to Josef's father losing his job.
(c) Due to their previous apartment being destroyed by a missile.
(d) Due to recently-enacted Nazi laws.

2. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?
(a) Germany.
(b) The United States.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Cuba.

3. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

4. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1983.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1959.

5. The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means what in the English language?
(a) The night of reverence.
(b) The night of broken glass.
(c) The night of pointy reckonings.
(d) The night of hopelessness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?

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

3. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?

4. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?

5. The third major character focused upon within the novel's narrative is Mahmoud, a boy living in Syria. What year is it when the reader first joins Mahmoud?

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