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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Josef and the children are below deck during their ship tour, Schiendick and his friends begin to sing a song with anti-Semitic lyrics. What is the subject of the song?
(a) German blood.
(b) Jewish blood.
(c) The Fuhrer.
(d) The Third Reich.

2. What reason does Isabel's father give for forbidding anyone to strike a match even though their boat is about to be hit by a tanker?
(a) He does not want them to waste their few matches.
(b) The tanker is likely manned by human traffickers.
(c) Being saved will result in being sent back to Cuba.
(d) He thinks the current wind will immediately extinguish the flame.

3. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?
(a) A Star of David armband.
(b) A red jacket.
(c) A Star of David tattoo.
(d) A prisoner number placard.

4. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?
(a) Due to Josef's father losing his job.
(b) Due to an altercation with the landlord of the previous apartment.
(c) Due to recently-enacted Nazi laws.
(d) Due to their previous apartment being destroyed by a missile.

5. Where does Mahmoud's father keep the family's official papers and their money?
(a) Sewn into Waleed's hat.
(b) In his wallet.
(c) In a safe deposit box.
(d) Tucked into his pants under his shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?

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

3. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

5. To what type of structure does the boy lead Mahmoud and his family?

(see the answer key)

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