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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?
(a) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.
(b) It is already full of other families sharing rooms.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) They cannot find it and eventually give up.

2. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?
(a) They will be held in a detention center.
(b) They will be granted sanctuary.
(c) They will be imprisoned immediately.
(d) They will be deported back to Cuba.

3. When Josef overhears two stewards talking about racing other boats to Cuba, how many other boats do they say are traveling their route?
(a) 11.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. What percentage of the adult fare does the smuggler engaged by Mahmoud's father charge for children and babies?
(a) 50%.
(b) 80%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 100%.

5. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?
(a) The door of the captain's quarters.
(b) The ship's stock of water.
(c) The coffin of a deceased crew member.
(d) A body buried at sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?

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?

3. 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?

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

5. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?

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