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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 library.
(c) To the pool.
(d) To the gymnasium.

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

3. Who takes on the role of being "in charge of the boat" (81) on which Isabel and her family are traveling?
(a) Luis.
(b) Ivan.
(c) Lito.
(d) Señor Castillo.

4. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's father.
(b) Josef's best friend.
(c) Josef's sister.
(d) Josef's mother.

5. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?
(a) A stuffed Teletubby.
(b) A stuffed zebra.
(c) A stuffed teddy bear.
(d) A stuffed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?

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

4. What reason does Isabel's father give for forbidding anyone to strike a match even though their boat is about to be hit by a tanker?

5. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?

(see the answer key)

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