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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?
(a) Rescue boats.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Lightning strikes.
(d) Lighthouses.

2. Where does Josef's mother take Ruthie so that she can enact her plan to calm her husband?
(a) To the pool.
(b) To the gymnasium.
(c) To the library.
(d) To a puppet show.

3. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 16 hours.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

4. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?
(a) He says that the president is sympathetic but his hands are tied.
(b) He says that the president had been unsympathetic to the refugees' plights.
(c) He says that the president had been assassinated two days before his visit.
(d) He says the president would not meet with him.

5. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?
(a) He says he wants to be free.
(b) He says he wants to help other refugees.
(c) He says he wants to make a million dollars.
(d) He says he wants to start over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls Isabel hurriedly into the boat in order to save her from being attacked by the shark who has bitten Ivan?

2. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?

3. 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?

4. When Mahmoud and his family reach the border of Hungary, what are the Hungarian soldiers doing?

5. In order to avail themselves of the smuggler's help, Mahmoud and his family must first make it to what city on the coast of Turkey?

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