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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Public health.
(b) Sports.
(c) Education.
(d) Agriculture.

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

4. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?
(a) Rice.
(b) Alfalfa.
(c) Sugarcane.
(d) Cattle.

5. In order to avail themselves of the smuggler's help, Mahmoud and his family must first make it to what city on the coast of Turkey?
(a) Izmir.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Antalya.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?

2. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?

3. When it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?

4. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?

5. The narrator remarks that despite the number of dead bodies Mahmoud has seen, the experience of "seeing death" (180) never stops being what?

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