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

2. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?
(a) The boat's tar patch begins to fail.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) The boat is struck by another boat.
(d) The boat develops a hole from an unknown cause.

3. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?
(a) The Dead Sea.
(b) The Baltic.
(c) The Mediterranean.
(d) The Atlantic.

4. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?
(a) They are composing a song about the journey.
(b) They are trying to decide what to tell the authorities in Florida.
(c) They are trying to name the boat.
(d) They are planning Ivan's upcoming birthday.

5. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's father.
(c) Josef's sister.
(d) Josef's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?

2. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?

3. When Isabel first sees the lights of Miami, what does she think she is seeing instead?

4. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?

5. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?

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