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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. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?
(a) They are too tired to do much of anything.
(b) Too many of them had lost loved ones in the sea on the way over.
(c) They have heard that Greece has decided to return all Syrian refugees to Syria.
(d) They know that the most dangerous leg of the trip is still to come.

2. How many euros does the taxi driver transporting Mahmoud and his family demand at gunpoint?
(a) 300.
(b) 900.
(c) 100.
(d) 500.

3. While trying not to look at Ivan's lifeless body, Isabel thinks about the fact that who has "Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?
(a) Senor Castillo.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) President Bru.
(d) President Bill Clinton.

4. When Josef's ship's engines roar to life for the first time since arriving in a Cuban harbor, where do the passengers believe the ship will be going next?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Cypress.

5. Where does the Greek Coast Guard take Mahmoud and the other refugees at dawn once the boat is full of people?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Tuscany.
(c) Lesbos.
(d) Sicily.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?

2. What does Ivan's brother Luis do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?

3. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?

4. What island is the intended destination when Mahmoud and his family set out on the rubber dinghy?

5. To what location does a taxi driver offer to drive Mahmoud and his family if they give him 24,000 Syrian pounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. Whenever Mahmoud or his father wonder where Mahmoud's mother is, where do they inevitably find her and what is she doing?

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

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

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