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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1929.

2. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A bris.
(b) A bat mitzvah.
(c) A naming ceremony.
(d) A bar mitzvah.

3. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?
(a) He is beaten by a mugger.
(b) He is beaten by police.
(c) He is shot in the melee of the riots.
(d) He falls off a ladder at his job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?

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