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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Dachau.

2. In order to avail themselves of the smuggler's help, Mahmoud and his family must first make it to what city on the coast of Turkey?
(a) Antalya.
(b) Ankara.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Izmir.

3. When Mahmoud's family arrives in the refugee camp in Turkey, Mahmoud's father reveals that he has found a smuggler who can get family from Turkey to what country?
(a) Greece.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Bulgaria.

4. 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.

5. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?
(a) He is gaunt.
(b) He is thin.
(c) He is paranoid.
(d) He has rage in his eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

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

4. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?

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

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