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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. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Schiendick.
(b) Petty Officer Jockl.
(c) Captain Schroeder.
(d) Officer Sturmer.

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

3. What happens to halt the song being sung by the occupants of Isabel's boat?
(a) Ivan shouts that he sees a boat on the horizon.
(b) Lita tells them all to hush so she can think.
(c) Isabel shouts that she sees a shark.
(d) The boat's motor splutters and dies.

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

5. In order to avail themselves of the smuggler's help, Mahmoud and his family must first make it to what city on the coast of Turkey?
(a) Izmir.
(b) Antalya.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Istanbul.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mahmoud and his family are waiting in line to gain admission to Turkey, Mahmoud notices that none of the Syrian children are crying or performing what other action?

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. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?

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

5. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mahmoud's family choose Germany as a place to run to when they leave Syria?

2. How does Mahmoud feel about invisibility?

3. Why does Isabel feel awe in response to the riots in Cuba in addition to fear?

4. Why do Josef and the other kids on the ship tour become uneasy when they hear some members of the crew singing "The Horst Wessel Song" (95)?

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

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

8. What does Mahmoud buy for his little brother Waleed at a shop in the Turkish refugee camp and what does he hope to achieve with his purchase?

9. How does Josef feel about invisibility?

10. What happens the first two times Isabel's father tries to journey to America from Cuba?

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