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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose face is featured prominently on the floor of Isabel's boat?
(a) Pablo Escobar.
(b) Joseph Stalin.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Che Guevara.

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

3. Who gives Mahmoud's father directions that will keep the family away from major sites of fighting?
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Priests.

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

5. 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?
(a) He thinks the current wind will immediately extinguish the flame.
(b) He does not want them to waste their few matches.
(c) The tanker is likely manned by human traffickers.
(d) Being saved will result in being sent back to Cuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. When regretting the family's decision to leave Cuba, Lito says that "The US has no" (101) what?

2. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?

3. When Isabel pleads with Lito not to turn back for Cuba, what reason does she cite above all others?

4. What item falls out of Josef's pocket and is stomped on by a member of the Hitler Youth?

5. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?

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