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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Armenia.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Greece.

2. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?
(a) He falls off a ladder at his job.
(b) He is beaten by police.
(c) He is beaten by a mugger.
(d) He is shot in the melee of the riots.

3. When Mahmoud and his family meet the smuggler at the designated meeting point, when does he say the boat will leave?
(a) Next week.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Right now.
(d) In an hour.

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?
(a) He says he wants to start over.
(b) He says he wants to help other refugees.
(c) He says he wants to make a million dollars.
(d) He says he wants to be free.

5. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Petty Officer Jockl.
(b) Officer Sturmer.
(c) Schiendick.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

6. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?
(a) MS St. Croix.
(b) MS St. Louis.
(c) MS St. Lawrence.
(d) MS St. Cyprian.

7. When Josef overhears two stewards talking about racing other boats to Cuba, how many other boats do they say are traveling their route?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

8. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?
(a) Wheel of Fortune.
(b) Seinfeld.
(c) South Park.
(d) The Simpsons.

9. In response to Lito's claim that Isabel is giving up her Cuban identity by leaving, Isabel's mother tells him that "Miami is just" (102) what?
(a) North Cuba.
(b) North Latin America.
(c) An hour's journey away.
(d) South Canada.

10. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?
(a) 16 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

11. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?
(a) Ivan is two years older than Isabel.
(b) Isabel is two years older than Ivan.
(c) Isabel is one year older than Ivan.
(d) Ivan is one year older than Isabel.

12. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Heart.
(c) Rules.
(d) Soul.

13. 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 sister.
(d) Josef's mother.

14. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A cell phone.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A stuffed rabbit.
(d) A gun.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item does Josef's little sister Ruthie carry with her at all times?

3. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?

4. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

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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