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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 73-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?
(a) A naming ceremony.
(b) A bris.
(c) A bat mitzvah.
(d) A bar mitzvah.

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

3. On what condition is Josef's father released?
(a) That his whole family leave Germany at once.
(b) That he pay the Nazis a series of bribes.
(c) That he remain in Berlin until further notice.
(d) That he provide information about one of his neighbors.

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

5. Even though Fidel Castro announces to the Cuban people that they are now free to leave Cuba whenever they want, why is Isabel's mother still especially wary about the trip?
(a) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.
(d) She worries that the family will starve during the trip.

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 the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?

3. 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?

4. What item does Josef buy when he sneaks into the dining car?

5. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?

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