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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1-72.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What show is Waleed watching when the family's apartment is destroyed by a missile?
(a) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(b) Power Rangers.
(c) Teletubbies.
(d) The Smurfs.

2. What is the age difference between Isabel and Ivan?
(a) Isabel is two years older than Ivan.
(b) Ivan is two years older than Isabel.
(c) Ivan is one year older than Isabel.
(d) Isabel is one year older than Ivan.

3. For what reason has Josef's family recently moved to a smaller apartment in Berlin upon the opening of the novel?
(a) Due to their previous apartment being destroyed by a missile.
(b) Due to an altercation with the landlord of the previous apartment.
(c) Due to recently-enacted Nazi laws.
(d) Due to Josef's father losing his job.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Josef's little sister Ruthie carry with her at all times?

2. 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?

3. What type of Jewish ceremony do the people on Josef's ship hold during the journey?

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

5. Isabel knows that Ivan and his father are actually building a boat in order to travel where?

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