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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom does Josef tear his clothing in recognition of his own loss of the person?
(a) Josef's cousin.
(b) Josef's mother.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's sister.

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

3. What words does Josef's father scream throughout his rescue from the ocean?
(a) "Please help me!"
(b) "Vengeance will be mine!"
(c) "Let me die!"
(d) "Get away!"

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

5. Who pulls Isabel hurriedly into the boat in order to save her from being attacked by the shark who has bitten Ivan?
(a) Senor Castillo.
(b) Lito.
(c) Isabel's mother Mami.
(d) Isabel's father Papi.

6. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?
(a) Senora Castillo.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Lito.
(d) Senor Castillo.

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

8. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) She touches Ivan's chest.
(b) Nothing, since she is too overcome with grief.
(c) She kisses Ivan's forehead.
(d) She gives Ivan a hug.

9. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?
(a) She will leave him alone for an hour so he can soothe himself.
(b) She will visit the doctor and procure a tranquilizer for him.
(c) She will restrain him on the cabin bed.
(d) She will ask the ship's psychiatrist to visit him.

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

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

12. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?
(a) The Atlantic.
(b) The Dead Sea.
(c) The Baltic.
(d) The Mediterranean.

13. 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) Papi.
(c) Lito.
(d) Mami.

14. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Puns.
(c) Satire.
(d) Knock-knock jokes.

15. When Josef's ship's engines roar to life for the first time since arriving in a Cuban harbor, where do the passengers believe the ship will be going next?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Lesbos.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When it gets too dark to navigate, what strategy does Isabel advocate for?

3. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?

4. In the moments after Isabel and the other passengers see Miami, what event happens?

5. What does Officer Padron do when the passengers of Josef's ship rush the ship ladder?

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