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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 270-317.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major revelation does Isabel's mother make while the boat's passengers are waiting to see the lights of Miami?
(a) She is pregnant with another child.
(b) She wants a divorce after they reach Florida.
(c) She has lost her baby.
(d) She is in labor.

2. Who suggests that two of the boat's passengers get into the water and hang onto the boat in order to reduce the risk of capsizing?
(a) Mami.
(b) Papi.
(c) Lito.
(d) Isabel.

3. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?
(a) Josef's mother.
(b) Petty Officer Jockl.
(c) Schiendick.
(d) Captain Schroeder.

4. Isabel's grandfather Lito makes her angry on the boat by telling her that her father is a what?
(a) A thief.
(b) A liar.
(c) A fool.
(d) A deadbeat.

5. What item do Isabel and Amara work together to break away from the boat so they can throw it overboard and reduce the rapidity of the capsizing process?
(a) The cooler.
(b) The engine.
(c) The portrait of Fidel Castro.
(d) A bench.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Josef tear his clothing in recognition of his own loss of the person?

2. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?

3. When Isabel thinks of her family's journey as a song, she thinks that what events would constitute the first verse?

4. When Isabel searches for Ivan's Industriales hat, where does she find it?

5. When Josef and the children are below deck during their ship tour, Schiendick and his friends begin to sing a song with anti-Semitic lyrics. What is the subject of the song?

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