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

2. Who appears next to Josef's ship and manages to convince authorities to release his two daughters from the ship?
(a) The girls' aunt.
(b) The girls' father.
(c) The girls' brother.
(d) The girls' mother.

3. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?
(a) District Attorney Daniels.
(b) Officer Padron.
(c) Sergeant Diplo.
(d) Doctor Lewis.

4. As Mahmoud and his family wait at the border between Greece and Macedonia, what is NOT a planned stop on the rest of their journey to safety?
(a) Serbia.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Gevgelija.

5. Which of Josef's family members is left behind when the ship leaves the Cuban harbor?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's cousin.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Waleed take throughout the entire robbery by the taxi driver, causing Mahmoud to worry about his emotional well-being?

2. In what location does Josef's mother spend all her time on the ship since leaving Cuba?

3. After robbing Mahmoud's family at gunpoint, what does the taxi driver order the family to do?

4. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

5. How many euros does the taxi driver transporting Mahmoud and his family demand at gunpoint?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plans for his life in Florida does Señor Castillo reveal to the remaining passengers in the boat after Ivan's death?

2. What change occurs in Josef's mother's personality once the MS St. Louis leaves Cuba?

3. What occurs when Isabel and her family realize they have landed on the Bahamas?

4. What shocking detail does Mahmoud's father reveal to his family once they have been thrown into the water by their dinghy's destruction on the rocks?

5. For what purpose does Josef leave his father Aaron alone in the family's cabin when his mother is asleep?

6. Why does Isabel not want to look at the face of her dead best friend Ivan?

7. What reaction do the other passengers of the MS St. Louis have to Renata and Evelyne being allowed to leave the ship to join their father?

8. On the second day of Isabel's journey, it is said that it seems to Isabel and Ivan that everyone has a job but the two of them. What jobs are being handled by the others?

9. For what reasons does Lito take on the role of leading Ivan's funeral ceremony?

10. For what reason does Dr. Aber, the father of Renata and Evelyne, tell the girls to disembark from the ship without bringing any of their belongings?

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