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

2. Who suggests that two of the boat's passengers get into the water and hang onto the boat in order to reduce the risk of capsizing?
(a) Papi.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Mami.
(d) Lito.

3. 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?
(a) "We will not die" and "We will not return."
(b) "We won't give up" and "We will not die."
(c) "Set us free" and "Do the right thing."
(d) "Set us free or pay the price" and "Freedom now."

4. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?
(a) Sugarcane.
(b) Rice.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Alfalfa.

5. What item do Isabel and Amara work together to break away from the boat so they can throw it overboard and reduce the rapidity of the capsizing process?
(a) A bench.
(b) The cooler.
(c) The engine.
(d) The portrait of Fidel Castro.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivan's mother Señora Castillo do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

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

3. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?

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

5. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?

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