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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 216-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?
(a) Seek sanctuary.
(b) Fight against the impossible and win.
(c) Never say die.
(d) Cuba Libre.

3. What does Ivan's brother Luis do just before Ivan's body is buried at sea?
(a) He touches Ivan's chest.
(b) He gives Ivan a hug.
(c) He takes Ivan's hand.
(d) He kisses Ivan's forehead.

4. What reason does Isabel's father give for forbidding anyone to strike a match even though their boat is about to be hit by a tanker?
(a) He does not want them to waste their few matches.
(b) Being saved will result in being sent back to Cuba.
(c) The tanker is likely manned by human traffickers.
(d) He thinks the current wind will immediately extinguish the flame.

5. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?
(a) He says that the president had been unsympathetic to the refugees' plights.
(b) He says that the president is sympathetic but his hands are tied.
(c) He says the president would not meet with him.
(d) He says that the president had been assassinated two days before his visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?

2. What is eventually the only part of Isabel's family's boat that remains unsplintered?

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

4. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?

5. To what type of structure does the boy lead Mahmoud and his family?

(see the answer key)

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