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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 it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?
(a) Using their single cell phone to call the Coast Guard.
(b) Stopping and waiting for dawn.
(c) Using the stars for navigation.
(d) Using the flashlight on their single cell phone to light their path.

2. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?
(a) Commit suicide by gunshot.
(b) Drown.
(c) Be buried alive.
(d) Burn.

3. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?
(a) Lesbos.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Tuscany.

4. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Che Guevara.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Pablo Escobar.

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) Officer Padron.
(c) Doctor Lewis.
(d) Sergeant Diplo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In response to Lito's claim that Isabel is giving up her Cuban identity by leaving, Isabel's mother tells him that "Miami is just" (102) what?

3. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

4. As the passengers are chanting in desperation, who does Josef see lingering in the doorway and smiling?

5. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?

(see the answer key)

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