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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 stream of freeway traffic.
(c) A jet engine.
(d) A tornado.

2. What words are painted underneath the portrait painted on the bottom of Isabel's boat?
(a) Cuba Libre.
(b) Never say die.
(c) Fight against the impossible and win.
(d) Seek sanctuary.

3. 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.

4. 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 worries that the family will starve during the trip.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She does not think her ill mother will survive the trip.
(d) She believes that Fidel Castro's announcement is a trap.

5. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?
(a) MS St. Lawrence.
(b) MS St. Croix.
(c) MS St. Louis.
(d) MS St. Cyprian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?

2. Who takes Josef and the other children on a tour of the ship?

3. When Isabel and the others are getting ready to start their journey in the boat, two police officers run toward them. Who do they turn out to be?

4. Who is the subject of the portrait that the rabbi asks Captain Schroeder to remove during the bar mitzvah on the ship?

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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