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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 rescues Josef's father Aaron from the sea after Aaron jumps overboard?
(a) Josef.
(b) Ruthie.
(c) A Cuban policeman.
(d) A Puerto Rican doctor.

2. What percentage of the adult fare does the smuggler engaged by Mahmoud's father charge for children and babies?
(a) 25%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 50%.

3. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?
(a) Lightning strikes.
(b) Lighthouses.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Rescue boats.

4. In the moments after Isabel and the other passengers see Miami, what event happens?
(a) Their boat motor dies.
(b) Their boat starts sinking.
(c) They bury Ivan at sea.
(d) Luis jumps off the boat and starts to swim.

5. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?
(a) She will restrain him on the cabin bed.
(b) She will leave him alone for an hour so he can soothe himself.
(c) She will visit the doctor and procure a tranquilizer for him.
(d) She will ask the ship's psychiatrist to visit him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?

3. What type of humor is Mahmoud's father Youssef's trademark?

4. When Isabel first sees the lights of Miami, what does she think she is seeing instead?

5. When Josef's father is in the throes of a mental breakdown, he tells Josef that each night at the concentration camp, the prisoners were forced to watch one prisoner do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Josef's mother's plan for getting a sleeping potion for her husband Aaron go awry?

2. How do Mahmoud and his family reach the Serbian border on their journey fleeing Syria?

3. When Isabel realizes that each part of the journey has been like the verse of a song, what results does she come up with when thinking of the various verses the song would include?

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

5. What is the reason given for the firemen on the ship engaging in bad behavior while the ship is docked in Cuba and what are they said to be doing?

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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