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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 does Isabel's father decide to name her new baby brother?
(a) Mariano.
(b) Luis.
(c) Lito.
(d) Gabriel.

2. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?
(a) The ship's stock of water.
(b) The door of the captain's quarters.
(c) A body buried at sea.
(d) The coffin of a deceased crew member.

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

4. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?
(a) Señor Castillo.
(b) Luis.
(c) Lito.
(d) Señora Castillo.

5. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?
(a) They will be held in a detention center.
(b) They will be deported back to Cuba.
(c) They will be granted sanctuary.
(d) They will be imprisoned immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. While trying not to look at Ivan's lifeless body, Isabel thinks about the fact that who has "Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?

2. 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?

3. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?

4. To what location does a taxi driver offer to drive Mahmoud and his family if they give him 24,000 Syrian pounds?

5. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?

(see the answer key)

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