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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes on the role of being "in charge of the boat" (81) on which Isabel and her family are traveling?
(a) Lito.
(b) Luis.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Señor Castillo.

2. What show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?
(a) Teletubbies.
(b) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(c) Power Rangers.
(d) The Smurfs.

3. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?
(a) A professional soccer player.
(b) A professional baseball player.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A marine biologist.

4. 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 cousins.
(b) Ivan's brother and his girlfriend.
(c) Ivan's sister and her boyfriend.
(d) Ivan's aunt and uncle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Then narrator describes the fast-approaching tanker heading toward Isabel's boat as eventually getting so loud that it sounds like a what?

2. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?

3. What happens to halt the song being sung by the occupants of Isabel's boat?

4. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?

5. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?

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