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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What words does Josef's father scream throughout his rescue from the ocean?
2. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?
3. Of the refugees boarding the dinghy with Mahmoud's family, what does the narrator say is the kind of person constituting the majority of the passengers?
4. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?
5. How long does it take Josef's ship to sail from Havana to within viewing distance of Miami?
Short Essay Questions
1. What details does Isabel remember about her grandmother Lita's death?
2. What occurs when Isabel and her family realize they have landed on the Bahamas?
3. What happens to Mahmoud's family on the way from Belgrade to the Hungarian border?
4. How does Mahmoud save his infant sister Hana from drowning after the family's dinghy bursts upon the rocks?
5. 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?
6. How do Mahmoud and his family reach the Serbian border on their journey fleeing Syria?
7. How does Josef's mother's plan for getting a sleeping potion for her husband Aaron go awry?
8. For what reasons does Lito take on the role of leading Ivan's funeral ceremony?
9. Though the narrator states that a few of the refugees Mahmoud sees when boarding the dinghy have backpacks or plastic bags, how are most of the refugees carrying their belongings?
10. What does Isabel mean when she thinks that "Fidel Castro has Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Look carefully at the passages of the novel that describe the close relationship between Mahmoud and Waleed. What is the author's purpose for discussing at length the nature of these two siblings' connection?
Essay Topic 2
Choose three major symbols within the narrative and discuss in an essay the connections between these three symbols and three major themes present within the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write a critical essay about the novel while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as class, socioeconomic status, and humanitarian aid.
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