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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Dead Sea.
(c) The Baltic.
(d) The Atlantic.

2. What action does Waleed take throughout the entire robbery by the taxi driver, causing Mahmoud to worry about his emotional well-being?
(a) He sobs.
(b) He rocks.
(c) He sucks his thumb.
(d) He sleeps.

3. When Señor Castillo asks Isabel's father what he wants to do when he gets to America, what is Isabel's father's reply?
(a) He says he wants to help other refugees.
(b) He says he wants to be free.
(c) He says he wants to make a million dollars.
(d) He says he wants to start over.

4. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?
(a) The trip from the Bahamas to Florida.
(b) The trip from Cuba to the Dominican Republic.
(c) The riots and the bartering for gasoline.
(d) The tanker and the storm.

5. When Isabel and her family finally reach land and believe they have reached Florida, where have they landed instead?
(a) Turks and Caicos.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) The Dominican Republic.
(d) Puerto Rico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What extra danger does the rescuer of Josef's father face during his dive into the ocean, where Josef's father flounders?

2. When Josef's father disappears from the family's cabin in Josef's absence, where does he turn out to have gone?

3. When Mahmoud cries with "exhaustion and misery" (192) while floating in the sea and wants "to do it all over again," what is NOT something he includes on the list of things he would do differently?

4. Who appears next to Josef's ship and manages to convince authorities to release his two daughters from the ship?

5. 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?

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