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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator remarks that despite the number of dead bodies Mahmoud has seen, the experience of "seeing death" (180) never stops being what?
(a) Horrifying.
(b) Deadening.
(c) Sad.
(d) Alarming.

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

3. 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) Officer Padron.
(b) Doctor Lewis.
(c) District Attorney Daniels.
(d) Sergeant Diplo.

4. Of the refugees boarding the dinghy with Mahmoud's family, what does the narrator say is the kind of person constituting the majority of the passengers?
(a) Middle-aged men.
(b) Young women.
(c) Young families.
(d) Young men.

5. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?
(a) She is pregnant with another child.
(b) She wants a divorce after they reach Florida.
(c) She is in labor.
(d) She has lost her baby.

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

7. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?
(a) "I can't breathe."
(b) "I'm going to die."
(c) "Please no."
(d) "I can't die here."

8. Why is Belgrade, Serbia an unsafe place for Mahmoud and his family?
(a) The Serbian police are raiding hotels looking for illegal refugees.
(b) Many people in Serbia are Islamophobic.
(c) Many Serbians are employed as informers for the government.
(d) The Serbian police shoot first and ask questions later.

9. When Captain Schroeder assures the passengers of Josef's ship that they will not return to Germany, what other plan does he say he will be enacting?
(a) The ship will cruise the Canadian coast, appealing to the Prime Minister.
(b) The ship will next try to seek refuge in the Dominican Republic.
(c) The ship will cruise the American coast, appealing to President Roosevelt.
(d) The ship will attempt to let the passengers off on the island of Lesbos.

10. 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 cousin.
(b) An uncle.
(c) A guardian angel.
(d) A brother.

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

12. When Josef's father disappears from the family's cabin in Josef's absence, where does he turn out to have gone?
(a) He has gone to the captain's quarters.
(b) He has gone to confront Schiendick.
(c) He has gone to the ship cafeteria.
(d) He has jumped into the ocean.

13. Where does Josef's mother take Ruthie so that she can enact her plan to calm her husband?
(a) To a puppet show.
(b) To the library.
(c) To the gymnasium.
(d) To the pool.

14. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?
(a) It begins to rain.
(b) The boat develops a hole from an unknown cause.
(c) The boat is struck by another boat.
(d) The boat's tar patch begins to fail.

15. What action does Waleed take throughout the entire robbery by the taxi driver, causing Mahmoud to worry about his emotional well-being?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He rocks.
(c) He sucks his thumb.
(d) He sobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. After robbing Mahmoud's family at gunpoint, what does the taxi driver order the family to do?

2. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?

3. When Isabel's boat is sinking and all the passengers are bailing furiously, what kind of craft approaches them suddenly?

4. What does Ivan's mother Señora Castillo do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

5. What does Ivan's brother Luis do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

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