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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the moments after Isabel and the other passengers see Miami, what event happens?
(a) Their boat motor dies.
(b) Luis jumps off the boat and starts to swim.
(c) They bury Ivan at sea.
(d) Their boat starts sinking.

2. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His armband.
(c) His yarmulke.
(d) His photograph of his grandfather.

3. After whom is Josef named?
(a) His godfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

4. What does Mahmoud do to honor his deceased fellow passenger when he takes the man's life jacket and buries him at sea?
(a) He washes the man's face.
(b) He shuts the man's eyes.
(c) He says a funeral prayer.
(d) He turns the man toward Mecca.

5. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?
(a) District Attorney Daniels.
(b) Sergeant Diplo.
(c) Officer Padron.
(d) Doctor Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?

2. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?

3. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?

4. The narrator states that Isabel had been so close to Ivan that he felt to her more like a what than like a best friend?

5. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?

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