1. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A cell phone.
(b) A stuffed rabbit.
(c) A gun.
(d) A flashlight.

2. To what concentration camp is Josef's father sent whee he is taken into "protective custody" (3)?
(a) Dachau.
(b) Bergen-Belsen.
(c) Auschwitz.
(d) Buchenwald.

3. Then narrator describes the fast-approaching tanker heading toward Isabel's boat as eventually getting so loud that it sounds like a what?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A jet engine.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A stream of freeway traffic.

4. What is NOT among Fidel Castro's oft-repeated list of the three greatest achievements of the Cuban Revolution?
(a) Sports.
(b) Education.
(c) Public health.
(d) Agriculture.

5. Contrary to the truth, what does Ivan tell Isabel that he and his father are building in their garage?
(a) A ping pong table.
(b) A birdhouse.
(c) A doghouse.
(d) A skateboard ramp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before leaving Mahmoud and his family so they can get some sleep, what item does the boy tell them they must procure before the next leg of their trip?

2. What are piropos?

3. How many Jewish men must gather to form a minyan in order to comply with Jewish law in the holding of a bar mitzvah?

4. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?

5. What show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 263 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample