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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A naming ceremony.
(b) A bris.
(c) A bar mitzvah.
(d) A bat mitzvah.

2. Contrary to the truth, what does Ivan tell Isabel that he and his father are building in their garage?
(a) A ping pong table.
(b) A skateboard ramp.
(c) A doghouse.
(d) A birdhouse.

3. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?
(a) Never say die.
(b) Cuba Libre.
(c) Fight against the impossible and win.
(d) Seek sanctuary.

4. Before leaving Mahmoud and his family so they can get some sleep, what item does the boy tell them they must procure before the next leg of their trip?
(a) A propane stove.
(b) Life jackets.
(c) Flashlights.
(d) Batteries.

5. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A coat.
(b) A backpack.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) Mofongo.

6. The third major character focused upon within the novel's narrative is Mahmoud, a boy living in Syria. What year is it when the reader first joins Mahmoud?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1981.
(c) 2015.
(d) 1994.

7. When Shabbos arrives, the bulletin board on Josef's ship announces that the social hall will be converted into a what?
(a) A synagogue.
(b) A dance floor.
(c) A reception hall.
(d) A medical clinic.

8. When Josef and the children are below deck during their ship tour, Schiendick and his friends begin to sing a song with anti-Semitic lyrics. What is the subject of the song?
(a) The Third Reich.
(b) The Fuhrer.
(c) Jewish blood.
(d) German blood.

9. 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 paranoid.
(c) He is gaunt.
(d) He is thin.

10. What are piropos?
(a) Beaches.
(b) Coats.
(c) Flirtatious compliments Cuban men say to women on the street.
(d) Fried dough pockets filled with meat.

11. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's best friend.
(b) Josef's father.
(c) Josef's mother.
(d) Josef's sister.

12. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Sports.
(b) Education.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Public health.

13. After how many months in a concentration camp is Josef's father released?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

14. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?
(a) They challenge the robbers.
(b) They find a policeman.
(c) They make noise in hopes of distracting the robbers.
(d) They hide and then sneak away.

15. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Bergen-Belsen.
(b) Dachau.
(c) Buchenwald.
(d) Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?

2. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?

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?

4. 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?

5. When Josef's ship slows down, causing his father to think that the ship is being turned around, what is the true cause of the change in speed?

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