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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 is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Lawyer.

2. 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) Iraq.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Bulgaria.

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

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A backpack.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) Mofongo.
(d) A coat.

5. The Nazis who storm Josef's family's home are never depicted directly by the author. Instead, what word is used to refer to them throughout the scene?
(a) Robots.
(b) Mummies.
(c) Shadows.
(d) Zombies.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?

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