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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many euros does the taxi driver transporting Mahmoud and his family demand at gunpoint?
(a) 900.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

2. Risking his life by running through gunfire back to the car, Mahmoud's father retrieves what object from the car?
(a) A stuffed rabbit.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A gun.

3. In what year does the telling of Josef's narrative begin?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1962.

4. Who attacks the Josef and the other children with anti-Semitic abuse during their tour of the ship?
(a) Captain Schroeder.
(b) Officer Sturmer.
(c) Petty Officer Jockl.
(d) Schiendick.

5. What is Josef's father's profession at the start of the novel?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Schroeder say had happened when he sought to meet with President Bru?

2. When Isabel and her family learn where they have actually landed in their boat, what does an official tell them will happen if they come all the way ashore?

3. In what activity are Isabel and the other boat passengers engaging when Ivan is attacked by a shark?

4. When Mahmoud and his family finally reach Greece, no one is celebrating and Mahmoud says he knows why. What reason does Mahmoud give for the refugees' lack of celebration?

5. To whom does Mahmoud give the deceased man's life jacket?

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