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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Captain Schroeder assures the passengers of Josef's ship that they will not return to Germany, what other plan does he say he will be enacting?

2. Who takes charge of performing the memorial service for Ivan before his body must be buried at sea?

3. While trying not to look at Ivan's lifeless body, Isabel thinks about the fact that who has "Ivan's blood all over him" (224)?

4. When Josef's father Aaron barricades the door of the family's cabin, what is Josef's mother's plan to calm him?

5. In what sea are Mahmoud and his family stranded after their dinghy bursts against the rocks?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Dr. Aber, the father of Renata and Evelyne, tell the girls to disembark from the ship without bringing any of their belongings?

2. What occurs when Isabel and her family realize they have landed on the Bahamas?

3. What about Waleed's reaction to being held at gunpoint worries Mahmoud about his brother even more than before?

4. How does Josef's mother's plan for getting a sleeping potion for her husband Aaron go awry?

5. For what purpose does Josef leave his father Aaron alone in the family's cabin when his mother is asleep?

6. What plans for his life in Florida does Señor Castillo reveal to the remaining passengers in the boat after Ivan's death?

7. What happens to Mahmoud's family on the way from Belgrade to the Hungarian border?

8. On the second day of Isabel's journey, it is said that it seems to Isabel and Ivan that everyone has a job but the two of them. What jobs are being handled by the others?

9. What reaction do the other passengers of the MS St. Louis have to Renata and Evelyne being allowed to leave the ship to join their father?

10. What is the reason given for the firemen on the ship engaging in bad behavior while the ship is docked in Cuba and what are they said to be doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the topic of revolution treated within the novel and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted eras?

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within the novel Refugee.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about the novel while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as class, socioeconomic status, and humanitarian aid.

Essay Topic 3

Choose three major symbols within the narrative and discuss in an essay the connections between these three symbols and three major themes present within the novel.

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