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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?
(a) His little sister is by herself somewhere.
(b) His infant brother is missing.
(c) His mother is unconscious.
(d) His father is not the same man he had been before the concentration camp.

2. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?
(a) Ivan's brother and his girlfriend.
(b) Ivan's sister and her boyfriend.
(c) Ivan's aunt and uncle.
(d) Ivan's cousins.

3. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1959.

4. Where does Josef's mother take Ruthie so that she can enact her plan to calm her husband?
(a) To a puppet show.
(b) To the pool.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the gymnasium.

5. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Buchenwald.
(c) Bergen-Belsen.
(d) Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

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

3. What does Mami say it is time for, once she puts a stop to the brewing argument on the boat?

4. 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?

5. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?

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