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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?
(a) Using the stars for navigation.
(b) Using their single cell phone to call the Coast Guard.
(c) Using the flashlight on their single cell phone to light their path.
(d) Stopping and waiting for dawn.

2. After robbing Mahmoud's family at gunpoint, what does the taxi driver order the family to do?
(a) To give him their coats.
(b) To work together to dig a ditch.
(c) To say nothing to the police.
(d) To get out of the cab.

3. What does Mahmoud do to honor his deceased fellow passenger when he takes the man's life jacket and buries him at sea?
(a) He turns the man toward Mecca.
(b) He washes the man's face.
(c) He says a funeral prayer.
(d) He shuts the man's eyes.

4. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?
(a) Be buried alive.
(b) Drown.
(c) Commit suicide by gunshot.
(d) Burn.

5. In what location does Josef's mother spend all her time on the ship since leaving Cuba?
(a) In the cafeteria.
(b) In the dance hall.
(c) In her cabin.
(d) On the sundeck.

6. What does Ivan's brother Luis do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) He gives Ivan a hug.
(b) He kisses Ivan's forehead.
(c) He touches Ivan's chest.
(d) He takes Ivan's hand.

7. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?
(a) They are composing a song about the journey.
(b) They are trying to decide what to tell the authorities in Florida.
(c) They are planning Ivan's upcoming birthday.
(d) They are trying to name the boat.

8. Who sews Ruthie's stuffed bunny back together before she can see it headless?
(a) Otto Scheindick.
(b) Josef's mother.
(c) Josef.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

9. 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?
(a) A guardian angel.
(b) A cousin.
(c) A brother.
(d) An uncle.

10. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?
(a) Lighthouses.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Lightning strikes.
(d) Rescue boats.

11. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?
(a) District Attorney Daniels.
(b) Doctor Lewis.
(c) Sergeant Diplo.
(d) Officer Padron.

12. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?
(a) His father is not the same man he had been before the concentration camp.
(b) His infant brother is missing.
(c) His mother is unconscious.
(d) His little sister is by herself somewhere.

13. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His father.

14. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?
(a) They are too tired to do much of anything.
(b) Too many of them had lost loved ones in the sea on the way over.
(c) They have heard that Greece has decided to return all Syrian refugees to Syria.
(d) They know that the most dangerous leg of the trip is still to come.

15. After whom is Josef named?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His godfather.
(d) His grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears next to Josef's ship and manages to convince authorities to release his two daughters from the ship?

2. Why is Belgrade, Serbia an unsafe place for Mahmoud and his family?

3. Who suggests that two of the boat's passengers get into the water and hang onto the boat in order to reduce the risk of capsizing?

4. While trying not to look at Ivan's lifeless body, Isabel thinks about the fact that who has "Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?

5. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?

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