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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 216-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?
(a) They have heard that Greece has decided to return all Syrian refugees to Syria.
(b) They know that the most dangerous leg of the trip is still to come.
(c) Too many of them had lost loved ones in the sea on the way over.
(d) They are too tired to do much of anything.

3. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?
(a) Lito.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Luis.
(d) Señora Castillo.

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A backpack.
(c) Mofongo.
(d) A coat.

5. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?
(a) She will restrain him on the cabin bed.
(b) She will leave him alone for an hour so he can soothe himself.
(c) She will visit the doctor and procure a tranquilizer for him.
(d) She will ask the ship's psychiatrist to visit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?

2. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?

3. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

4. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?

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

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