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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 show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?
(a) Power Rangers.
(b) Teletubbies.
(c) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(d) The Smurfs.

2. What words does Josef's father scream throughout his rescue from the ocean?
(a) "Vengeance will be mine!"
(b) "Let me die!"
(c) "Please help me!"
(d) "Get away!"

3. After robbing Mahmoud's family at gunpoint, what does the taxi driver order the family to do?
(a) To give him their coats.
(b) To get out of the cab.
(c) To work together to dig a ditch.
(d) To say nothing to the police.

4. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1946.

5. When Captain Schroeder assures the passengers of Josef's ship that they will not return to Germany, what other plan does he say he will be enacting?
(a) The ship will cruise the Canadian coast, appealing to the Prime Minister.
(b) The ship will cruise the American coast, appealing to President Roosevelt.
(c) The ship will next try to seek refuge in the Dominican Republic.
(d) The ship will attempt to let the passengers off on the island of Lesbos.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that despite the number of dead bodies Mahmoud has seen, the experience of "seeing death" (180) never stops being what?

2. Who suggests that two of the boat's passengers get into the water and hang onto the boat in order to reduce the risk of capsizing?

3. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?

4. What does Mami say it is time for, once she puts a stop to the brewing argument on the boat?

5. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?

(see the answer key)

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