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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 141-215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sews Ruthie's stuffed bunny back together before she can see it headless?
(a) Otto Scheindick.
(b) Josef.
(c) Josef's mother.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

2. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her second cousin.
(c) Her business partner.
(d) Her neighbor.

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?
(a) Commit suicide by gunshot.
(b) Drown.
(c) Burn.
(d) Be buried alive.

4. When the narrative rejoins Josef in 1939, each member of the family is now wearing what item?
(a) A red jacket.
(b) A Star of David armband.
(c) A prisoner number placard.
(d) A Star of David tattoo.

5. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Che Guevara.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Joseph Stalin.
(d) Pablo Escobar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?

2. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?

3. How does Isabel's father sustain the wounds that she is cleaning when the narrative rejoins her?

4. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?

5. Where does Mahmoud's father keep the family's official papers and their money?

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