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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. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?
(a) Fight against the impossible and win.
(b) Never say die.
(c) Seek sanctuary.
(d) Cuba Libre.

2. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1959.

3. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A gun.
(b) A stuffed rabbit.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A flashlight.

4. After Mahmoud's family leaves their car behind, how many hours does Google Maps say their walk to Turkey will be?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 16 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

5. What shared characteristic had bonded the Soviet Union to Cuba prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Egalitarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?

2. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?

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

4. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Josef feel about invisibility?

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

3. What event is just about to happen when the motor of Isabel's family's boat splutters and dies?

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

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

6. What is ironic about Josef's feelings following his bar mitzvah?

7. How is Isabel's kitten used by the author to send a message about hunger and fear?

8. How does Mahmoud feel about invisibility?

9. What is the clave?

10. List some of Isabel's and the other boat passengers' expectations of what life will be like in America.

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