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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 months after Josef's family's arrival is France invaded by the Nazis?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

2. What happens when the Hungarian police threaten the marching refugees that they will be arrested if they do not stop?
(a) No one stops and everyone is arrested.
(b) About half of the group stops and no one is arrested.
(c) No one stops and no one is arrested.
(d) Everyone stops and no one is arrested.

3. What kinds of people does Mahmoud see outside the refugee camp that emboldens him to leave through an unlocked door?
(a) Amnesty International members.
(b) His aunt.
(c) Policemen.
(d) UN observers.

4. Mahmoud's family makes the decision not to wait in Athens to acquire what items?
(a) Official travel permits.
(b) Work permits.
(c) Visas.
(d) Passports.

5. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?

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

3. What country had Josef hoped for when his family's destination was revealed?

4. 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?

5. When Josef, Ruthie, and their mother disembark from the ship, what item does their mother order the children not to lose?

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