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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ivan's favorite team, The Industriales, is what type of team?
(a) A soccer team.
(b) A baseball team.
(c) A basketball team.
(d) A lacrosse team.

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

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

4. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Priests.
(d) Soldiers.

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

6. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?
(a) Rice.
(b) Sugarcane.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Alfalfa.

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

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

9. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?
(a) A stuffed Teletubby.
(b) A stuffed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
(c) A stuffed teddy bear.
(d) A stuffed zebra.

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

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

12. Who takes on the role of being "in charge of the boat" (81) on which Isabel and her family are traveling?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Señor Castillo.
(c) Luis.
(d) Lito.

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

14. 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) Armenia.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Greece.
(d) Iraq.

15. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?
(a) A prisoner number placard.
(b) A Star of David armband.
(c) A red jacket.
(d) A Star of David tattoo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?

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

5. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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