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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to halt the song being sung by the occupants of Isabel's boat?
(a) Ivan shouts that he sees a boat on the horizon.
(b) The boat's motor splutters and dies.
(c) Isabel shouts that she sees a shark.
(d) Lita tells them all to hush so she can think.

2. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?
(a) MS St. Cyprian.
(b) MS St. Louis.
(c) MS St. Lawrence.
(d) MS St. Croix.

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

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A backpack.
(c) Mofongo.
(d) A coat.

5. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?
(a) A medical clinic.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A dance floor.
(d) A reception hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan want to be when he grows up?

2. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?

3. Mahmoud's family makes the decision not to wait in Athens to acquire what items?

4. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?

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

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