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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 270-317.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the passengers on Josef's ship disembark in Holland?
(a) 181.
(b) 61.
(c) 91.
(d) 31.

2. What song does Isabel perform for her class that causes her to finally hear the clave, the Cuban beat underlying the main beat?
(a) America the Beautiful.
(b) My Country 'Tis of Thee.
(c) Babalu.
(d) The Star-Spangled Banner.

3. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Buchenwald.

4. To what location does a taxi driver offer to drive Mahmoud and his family if they give him 24,000 Syrian pounds?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Lesbos.
(c) Crete.
(d) Macedonia.

5. Though Mahmoud and his family are impossibly exhausted during their walk to their destination country, they do not stop. What do they know will happen if they stop?
(a) They will get hypothermia.
(b) They will be arrested by the Austrian police.
(c) They will fall asleep and never wake up.
(d) They will be arrested by the Hungarian police.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Mahmoud eventually finds out that the Austrian crowd had found out about him and the other refugees and their march through what outlet?

5. When Mahmoud's family arrives in the refugee camp in Turkey, Mahmoud's father reveals that he has found a smuggler who can get family from Turkey to what country?

(see the answer key)

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