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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His best friend.

2. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?
(a) To Mexico.
(b) To the United States.
(c) To the Dominican Republic.
(d) To Canada.

3. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Athens.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Lesbos.

4. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?
(a) Miami.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Argentina.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?

3. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?

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

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

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