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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Deadening.
(b) Horrifying.
(c) Sad.
(d) Alarming.

2. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?
(a) Seinfeld.
(b) The Simpsons.
(c) South Park.
(d) Wheel of Fortune.

3. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) They cannot find it and eventually give up.
(c) It is already full of other families sharing rooms.
(d) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.

4. When Isabel and her family finally reach land and believe they have reached Florida, where have they landed instead?
(a) Turks and Caicos.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) The Dominican Republic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?

2. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?

3. How many euros does the taxi driver transporting Mahmoud and his family demand at gunpoint?

4. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?

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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