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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 216-269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one thing Josef realizes just after his father's rescue from the ocean?
(a) His father is not the same man he had been before the concentration camp.
(b) His mother is unconscious.
(c) His infant brother is missing.
(d) His little sister is by herself somewhere.

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

3. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?
(a) They are trying to decide what to tell the authorities in Florida.
(b) They are composing a song about the journey.
(c) They are trying to name the boat.
(d) They are planning Ivan's upcoming birthday.

4. When a boy offers to show Mahmoud and his family somewhere they can sleep, how much money does he charge them for the information?
(a) 500 Syrian pounds or about $2.50 American dollars.
(b) 2,000 Syrian pounds or about $10 American dollars.
(c) 6,000 Syrian pounds or about $30 American dollars.
(d) 1,000 Syrian pounds or about $5 American dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who saves Josef's father and is later celebrated for his heroism at a reception on the ship?

2. After Amara and Isabel's action that reduces the drag on the boat, who tells them that they have doomed every passenger on the boat?

3. 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?

4. What is the reason that Mahmoud's family's boat begins to fill with water on their journey to the island?

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

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