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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?
(a) The coffin of a deceased crew member.
(b) The ship's stock of water.
(c) A body buried at sea.
(d) The door of the captain's quarters.

2. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?
(a) Fidel Castro.
(b) Benito Mussolini.
(c) Adolf Hitler.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

3. Contrary to the truth, what does Ivan tell Isabel that he and his father are building in their garage?
(a) A doghouse.
(b) A ping pong table.
(c) A birdhouse.
(d) A skateboard ramp.

4. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's father.
(b) Josef's mother.
(c) Josef's sister.
(d) Josef's best friend.

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. When Mahmoud and his family meet the smuggler at the designated meeting point, when does he say the boat will leave?

2. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?

3. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

4. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?

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

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