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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a way in which Josef's father has changed since being imprisoned in a concentration camp?
(a) He has rage in his eyes.
(b) He is thin.
(c) He is gaunt.
(d) He is paranoid.

2. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A stuffed rabbit.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A gun.

3. 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?
(a) Greece.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Armenia.

4. What is NOT a thought Mahmoud has when he sees a New York Times reporter interviewing other refugees?
(a) "See us."
(b) "Hear us."
(c) "Believe us."
(d) "Help us."

5. What does Josef's mother offer to the Nazis who find the family in their school room hiding place?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who confesses that many years ago in Cuba, he had turned away a boat full of refugees?

3. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?

4. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?

5. Why is Lito alarmed when a passenger shoots at the sharks in the water with his pistol?

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