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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 show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?
(a) Power Rangers.
(b) Teletubbies.
(c) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(d) The Smurfs.

2. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) Nothing, since she is too overcome with grief.
(b) She gives Ivan a hug.
(c) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(d) She touches Ivan's chest.

3. The narrator states that Isabel had been so close to Ivan that he felt to her more like a what than like a best friend?
(a) A cousin.
(b) An uncle.
(c) A brother.
(d) A guardian angel.

4. What action does Waleed take throughout the entire robbery by the taxi driver, causing Mahmoud to worry about his emotional well-being?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He sucks his thumb.
(c) He rocks.
(d) He sobs.

5. What does Mami say it is time for, once she puts a stop to the brewing argument on the boat?
(a) A water break.
(b) A truce.
(c) Praying.
(d) Paddling.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?

2. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?

3. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?

4. When Isabel receives a new trumpet after arriving in Miami, who gives it to her?

5. With what object does Isabel's father cut her baby brother's umbilical cord once he is born on Miami Beach?

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