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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 neighbor.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her second cousin.

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

3. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?
(a) MS St. Croix.
(b) MS St. Lawrence.
(c) MS St. Cyprian.
(d) MS St. Louis.

4. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?
(a) They hide and then sneak away.
(b) They make noise in hopes of distracting the robbers.
(c) They find a policeman.
(d) They challenge the robbers.

5. Ivan's favorite team, The Industriales, is what type of team?
(a) A lacrosse team.
(b) A soccer team.
(c) A basketball team.
(d) A baseball team.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?

4. 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?

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

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