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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?
(a) Cuba.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) Columbia.

2. 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 is pregnant.
(c) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.
(d) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.

3. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1983.
(d) 2001.

4. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?
(a) His sister.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

5. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's sister.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

2. What reason does Isabel's father give for forbidding anyone to strike a match even though their boat is about to be hit by a tanker?

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

4. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?

5. When the head of the ship's committee tells the passengers that the ship will be heading back to Europe, what are the two phrases chanted by the passengers?

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