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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though Fidel Castro announces to the Cuban people that they are now free to leave Cuba whenever they want, why is Isabel's mother still especially wary about the trip?
(a) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(b) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.
(c) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(d) She is pregnant.

2. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Athens.
(b) Cypress.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Lesbos.

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) Señor Castillo.
(b) Lito.
(c) Luis.
(d) Señora Castillo.

4. What item do Isabel and Amara work together to break away from the boat so they can throw it overboard and reduce the rapidity of the capsizing process?
(a) The cooler.
(b) The portrait of Fidel Castro.
(c) The engine.
(d) A bench.

5. 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?
(a) South Canada.
(b) North Cuba.
(c) An hour's journey away.
(d) North Latin America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?

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

3. What item does Josef's little sister Ruthie carry with her at all times?

4. When Isabel searches for Ivan's Industriales hat, where does she find it?

5. While trying not to look at Ivan's lifeless body, Isabel thinks about the fact that who has "Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?

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