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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Josef's ship's engines roar to life for the first time since arriving in a Cuban harbor, where do the passengers believe the ship will be going next?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Poland.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Germany.

2. 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 next try to seek refuge in the Dominican Republic.
(b) The ship will cruise the American coast, appealing to President Roosevelt.
(c) The ship will cruise the Canadian coast, appealing to the Prime Minister.
(d) The ship will attempt to let the passengers off on the island of Lesbos.

3. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A bar mitzvah.
(b) A bat mitzvah.
(c) A naming ceremony.
(d) A bris.

4. What does Ivan's mother Señora Castillo do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) She takes Ivan's hand.
(b) She touches Ivan's chest.
(c) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(d) She gives Ivan a hug.

5. Who pulls Isabel hurriedly into the boat in order to save her from being attacked by the shark who has bitten Ivan?
(a) Senor Castillo.
(b) Isabel's father Papi.
(c) Isabel's mother Mami.
(d) Lito.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?

2. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?

3. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?

4. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?

5. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?

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