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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 best friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

2. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?
(a) The trip from Cuba to the Dominican Republic.
(b) The tanker and the storm.
(c) The riots and the bartering for gasoline.
(d) The trip from the Bahamas to Florida.

3. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?
(a) He is thin.
(b) He is paranoid.
(c) He has rage in his eyes.
(d) He is gaunt.

4. 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 deported back to Cuba.
(c) They will be granted sanctuary.
(d) They will be imprisoned immediately.

5. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?
(a) Officer Padron.
(b) District Attorney Daniels.
(c) Doctor Lewis.
(d) Sergeant Diplo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?

2. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?

3. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?

4. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?

5. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?

(see the answer key)

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