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

2. Before leaving Mahmoud and his family so they can get some sleep, what item does the boy tell them they must procure before the next leg of their trip?
(a) Flashlights.
(b) Batteries.
(c) A propane stove.
(d) Life jackets.

3. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

4. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Pablo Escobar.
(d) Fidel Castro.

5. 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 thinks the current wind will immediately extinguish the flame.
(b) He does not want them to waste their few matches.
(c) The tanker is likely manned by human traffickers.
(d) Being saved will result in being sent back to Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. The third major character focused upon within the novel's narrative is Mahmoud, a boy living in Syria. What year is it when the reader first joins Mahmoud?

2. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?

3. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?

4. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?

5. In response to Lito's claim that Isabel is giving up her Cuban identity by leaving, Isabel's mother tells him that "Miami is just" (102) what?

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