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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Too many of them had lost loved ones in the sea on the way over.
(b) They have heard that Greece has decided to return all Syrian refugees to Syria.
(c) They know that the most dangerous leg of the trip is still to come.
(d) They are too tired to do much of anything.

2. When Isabel's boat is sinking and all the passengers are bailing furiously, what kind of craft approaches them suddenly?
(a) A rescue ship sent by Amnesty International.
(b) A U.S. Coast Guard boat.
(c) A Puerto Rican merchant ship.
(d) A Cuban Coast Guard boat.

3. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Lesbos.
(c) Tuscany.
(d) Cypress.

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

5. To what location does a taxi driver offer to drive Mahmoud and his family if they give him 24,000 Syrian pounds?
(a) Macedonia.
(b) Serbia.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Crete.

6. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?
(a) Lito.
(b) Señora Castillo.
(c) Luis.
(d) Señor Castillo.

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

8. 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?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Lito.
(c) Papi.
(d) Mami.

9. When Isabel first sees the lights of Miami, what does she think she is seeing instead?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Stars.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A planet.

10. How many refugees are expected to board the inflatable rubber dinghy used by the smugglers hired by Mahmoud's father?
(a) 90.
(b) 12.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

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

12. When Mahmoud and his family reach the border of Hungary, what are the Hungarian soldiers doing?
(a) Sewing red armbands.
(b) Loading their weapons.
(c) Putting on riot gear.
(d) Building a fence.

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

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

15. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Athens.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Lesbos.

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. What does Mahmoud do to honor his deceased fellow passenger when he takes the man's life jacket and buries him at sea?

3. Where does Josef's mother take Ruthie so that she can enact her plan to calm her husband?

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?

5. What extra danger does the rescuer of Josef's father face during his dive into the ocean, where Josef's father flounders?

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