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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mahmoud's family receives the name of a nearby hotel that "accepts Syrians" (105), why do they not stay there?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) It is in a dangerous neighborhood.
(c) It is already full of other families sharing rooms.
(d) They cannot find it and eventually give up.

2. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?
(a) They will be granted sanctuary.
(b) They will be imprisoned immediately.
(c) They will be deported back to Cuba.
(d) They will be held in a detention center.

3. Who does not attend Josef's bar mitzvah, much to Josef's dismay?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Josef's sister.
(c) Josef's father.
(d) Josef's best friend.

4. The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means what in the English language?
(a) The night of pointy reckonings.
(b) The night of hopelessness.
(c) The night of reverence.
(d) The night of broken glass.

5. In what year does Isabel's narrative from Havana, Cuba begin?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mahmoud and his brother Waleed do when they see two boys robbing another boy of a loaf of bread?

2. Josef's family is traveling on a train in order to get on a ship headed for what country?

3. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?

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

5. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?

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