1. What does Isabel give the fisherman in return for gasoline to power Ivan's family's boat?
(a) A backpack.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A coat.
(d) Mofongo.

2. Isabel's best friend Ivan is also her what?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her business partner.
(c) Her second cousin.
(d) Her neighbor.

3. When Ivan says that one thing he wants to do in America is watch American television, what show does he cite?
(a) Wheel of Fortune.
(b) Seinfeld.
(c) South Park.
(d) The Simpsons.

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

5. When Mahmoud and his family are waiting in line to gain admission to Turkey, Mahmoud notices that none of the Syrian children are crying or performing what other action?
(a) Talking.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, most farms in Cuba had been what type of farms?

4. Who rescues Josef's father Aaron from the sea after Aaron jumps overboard?

5. Just before Mahmoud tumbles from the boat into the sea, someone at the front of the dinghy yells that he sees what objects?

(see the answer key)

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