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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1929.

2. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?
(a) South Park.
(b) Wheel of Fortune.
(c) The Simpsons.
(d) Seinfeld.

3. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Columbia.
(c) The United States.
(d) Germany.

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

5. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?
(a) He is beaten by police.
(b) He is shot in the melee of the riots.
(c) He falls off a ladder at his job.
(d) He is beaten by a mugger.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what transgression do the Nazis say they are taking Josef's father into "protective custody" (3)?

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

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

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

5. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?

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