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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Isabel.
(b) Papi.
(c) Lito.
(d) Mami.

2. When Mahmoud is worried that the Austrian crowd will reject him and the other refugees once they are noticed, what actually happens?
(a) The Austrian crowd moves aside to let police arrest refugees.
(b) The Austrian crowd asks a few of the refugees a series of questions and leaves.
(c) The Austrian crowd helps to make sure all of the refugees have a safe place to stay overnight.
(d) The Austrian crowd swarms the refugees with food and affection.

3. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's sister.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's best friend.

4. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
(a) Egalitarianism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

5. With what object does Isabel's father cut her baby brother's umbilical cord once he is born on Miami Beach?
(a) A length of wire.
(b) A bottle opener.
(c) A pocketknife.
(d) A pair of scissors.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?

2. Where has Josef's mother hidden the items she uses in her attempt to bribe the Nazi soldiers in France?

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

4. What physical action does Lito take when Isabel holds up her new baby brother for her grandfather Lito to see?

5. For what transgression do the Nazis say they are taking Josef's father into "protective custody" (3)?

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