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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?
(a) A body buried at sea.
(b) The ship's stock of water.
(c) The coffin of a deceased crew member.
(d) The door of the captain's quarters.

2. What is NOT listed among the items provided by the tourists who help Isabel and the other passengers?
(a) Bottles of water.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Bags of chips.
(d) Life jackets.

3. 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 the Bahamas to Florida.
(b) The riots and the bartering for gasoline.
(c) The tanker and the storm.
(d) The trip from Cuba to the Dominican Republic.

4. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Schiendick.
(b) Officer Sturmer.
(c) Captain Schroeder.
(d) Petty Officer Jockl.

5. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?
(a) They are trying to decide what to tell the authorities in Florida.
(b) They are planning Ivan's upcoming birthday.
(c) They are composing a song about the journey.
(d) They are trying to name the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?

2. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?

3. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?

4. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?

5. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?

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