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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 73-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to halt the song being sung by the occupants of Isabel's boat?
(a) Isabel shouts that she sees a shark.
(b) Lita tells them all to hush so she can think.
(c) Ivan shouts that he sees a boat on the horizon.
(d) The boat's motor splutters and dies.

2. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

3. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Petty Officer Jockl.
(b) Schiendick.
(c) Officer Sturmer.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

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?
(a) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(b) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.
(c) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(d) She is pregnant.

5. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Pablo Escobar.
(d) Che Guevara.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?

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

4. Who takes on the role of being "in charge of the boat" (81) on which Isabel and her family are traveling?

5. What are piropos?

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