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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?
(a) To the United States.
(b) To the Dominican Republic.
(c) To Canada.
(d) To Mexico.

3. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?
(a) They challenge the robbers.
(b) They hide and then sneak away.
(c) They find a policeman.
(d) They make noise in hopes of distracting the robbers.

4. 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) Greece.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Bulgaria.

5. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?
(a) Ivan is two years older than Isabel.
(b) Isabel is one year older than Ivan.
(c) Isabel is two years older than Ivan.
(d) Ivan is one year older than Isabel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

2. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?

3. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?

4. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?

5. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the clave?

2. What revelation does Lito make to Isabel about Miami, Florida, at one moment in the journey?

3. What are the only items that Isabel and the other passengers on the tiny boat have room to bring with them on the journey to Florida from Cuba?

4. What qualities of Senor Castillo's lead to his role as the leader on the boat?

5. Of everyone in Mahmoud's family, who comes the closest to losing his or her life when the apartment is hit by a missile?

6. What U.S. policies change and make it harder for Cuban people to seek refuge in the United States?

7. Compare and contrast Josef's thoughts about the ship's full speed with Captain Schroeder's comments about the ship's full speed.

8. What is the author's purpose for characterizing the Nazis terrorizing Josef's family as "shadows"? (1)

9. How does Josef view the difference between life on the ship above decks and life on the ship below decks?

10. How is the the ship Josef's family boards shown by the author to be paradoxical?

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