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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 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.

2. Who sews Ruthie's stuffed bunny back together before she can see it headless?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef.
(c) Captain Schroeder.
(d) Otto Scheindick.

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

4. What phrase does Mahmoud think to himself over and over once he is hit by tear gas at the hands of Hungarian soldiers?
(a) "I can't breathe."
(b) "I can't die here."
(c) "I'm going to die."
(d) "Please no."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isabel's boat is sinking and all the passengers are bailing furiously, what kind of craft approaches them suddenly?

2. 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?

3. Who pulls Isabel hurriedly into the boat in order to save her from being attacked by the shark who has bitten Ivan?

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

5. What does Isabel do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel mean when she thinks that "Fidel Castro has Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?

2. What details does Isabel remember about her grandmother Lita's death?

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

4. What reason is given for why Isabel has never been to church?

5. How are the roles of father and son reversed within the scene when Schiendick leaves Josef and his family alone in their cabin after tormenting them?

6. How does Mahmoud save his infant sister Hana from drowning after the family's dinghy bursts upon the rocks?

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

8. What is Josef's mother's plan for procuring a sleeping potion to help calm her husband Aaron down?

9. 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?

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

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