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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Mahmoud and his family are impossibly exhausted during their walk to their destination country, they do not stop. What do they know will happen if they stop?
(a) They will get hypothermia.
(b) They will fall asleep and never wake up.
(c) They will be arrested by the Hungarian police.
(d) They will be arrested by the Austrian police.

2. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?
(a) The Baltic.
(b) The Atlantic.
(c) The Dead Sea.
(d) The Mediterranean.

3. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?
(a) A liar.
(b) A deadbeat.
(c) A thief.
(d) A fool.

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

5. Why is Lito alarmed when a passenger shoots at the sharks in the water with his pistol?
(a) Lito thinks that Luis looks like he is having a mental breakdown.
(b) Lito is worried that in his anger, Luis will hit a passenger by mistake.
(c) Lito is worried that the sharks' blood will bring a greater number of sharks.
(d) Lito does not want the group to waste their bullets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Isabel perform for her class that causes her to finally hear the clave, the Cuban beat underlying the main beat?

2. During Isabel's boat journey, her grandfather Lito tells her that she does have family in what part of the world?

3. How many months after Josef's family's arrival is France invaded by the Nazis?

4. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?

5. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?

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