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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?
(a) 16 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

2. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?
(a) His armband.
(b) His yarmulke.
(c) His photograph of his grandfather.
(d) His glasses.

3. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A bar mitzvah.
(b) A naming ceremony.
(c) A bris.
(d) A bat mitzvah.

4. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?
(a) A funeral at sea.
(b) An approaching tanker.
(c) An approaching storm.
(d) A man who has been reported missing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?

2. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?

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

4. 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?

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?

(see the answer key)

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