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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. When Isabel searches for Ivan's Industriales hat, where does she find it?
2. Why is Belgrade, Serbia an unsafe place for Mahmoud and his family?
3. 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?
4. The narrator remarks that despite the number of dead bodies Mahmoud has seen, the experience of "seeing death" (180) never stops being what?
5. For whom does Josef tear his clothing in recognition of his own loss of the person?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Josef's mother's plan for getting a sleeping potion for her husband Aaron go awry?
2. What about Waleed's reaction to being held at gunpoint worries Mahmoud about his brother even more than before?
3. What plans for his life in Florida does Señor Castillo reveal to the remaining passengers in the boat after Ivan's death?
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. How do Mahmoud and his family reach the Serbian border on their journey fleeing Syria?
6. Whenever Mahmoud or his father wonder where Mahmoud's mother is, where do they inevitably find her and what is she doing?
7. What happens to Mahmoud's family on the way from Belgrade to the Hungarian border?
8. 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?
9. For what reasons does Lito take on the role of leading Ivan's funeral ceremony?
10. For what purpose does Josef leave his father Aaron alone in the family's cabin when his mother is asleep?
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
What is the novel's message concerning the link between ignorance and hatred?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's use of literary devices such as metaphor, simile, and personification. How are literary devices used by the author in order to support and underscore particular themes and messages within the novel?
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