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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ivan's brother Luis do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) He kisses Ivan's forehead.
(b) He gives Ivan a hug.
(c) He takes Ivan's hand.
(d) He touches Ivan's chest.

3. What kind of engine is powering Isabel's boat?
(a) A lawnmower engine.
(b) A car engine.
(c) A truck engine.
(d) A motorcycle engine.

4. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?
(a) Ivan is two years older than Isabel.
(b) Ivan is one year older than Isabel.
(c) Isabel is one year older than Ivan.
(d) Isabel is two years older than Ivan.

5. The narrator remarks that despite the number of dead bodies Mahmoud has seen, the experience of "seeing death" (180) never stops being what?
(a) Deadening.
(b) Alarming.
(c) Horrifying.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?

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

3. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?

4. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

5. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

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