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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which building collapses right after Mahmoud's mother escapes it?
His family's apartment building.
His family's mosque.
His family's temple.
His school.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who refuses to attend Josef's bar mitzvah?
His father.
Pozner.
The Captain.
His sister, Ruthie.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What do the stewards call Josef and the children below deck?
Foreigners.
Thieves.
Jewish rats.
Illegal aliens.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How does Mahmoud and his family get to Austria?
They march on the highways.
They get a ride with a stranger in his bus.
They swim across a river.
A large cruise ship.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who falls out of the boat that Isabel jumps into save?
Her father.
Ivan's father.
Her mother.
Her best friend.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who jumps overboard the MS St. Louis?
Ruthie
Josef
Josef's mother
Josef's father
- 7. Multiple Choice
After her family decides to try to leave Cuba, what does Isabel trade for gasoline for the boat?
A case of canned food and bottled water.
Ivan's favorite baseball hat.
Her trumpet.
Her family's house.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What does Mahmoud buy his brother in the Turkish refugee camp?
A hat to keep the sun off his face.
A teenage mutant ninja turtle toy.
Candy and crackers.
A radio.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Where does Mahmoud's story start?
Aleppo, Syria
Hungary
New York
Cuba
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who does Isabel watch get beaten up by the police?
Her mother.
Her brother.
Ivan.
Her father.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who does the MS. St Louis leave behind in Havana at the hospital?
Ruthie.
Josef.
The Captain of the ship.
Josef's father.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What do Josef and his father attend together?
A dance.
A birthday party.
A funeral.
A wedding.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What do Mahmoud and his family buy in order to cross the Mediterranean?
Water.
Lifejackets.
Medicine.
Cell phone chargers.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who does Mahmoud and his family end up living with in Germany at the end of the novel?
Lito.
Isabel.
Ruthie, Josef's sister.
Their cousins from Syria.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who jumps out of Isabel's boat to distract the Coast Guard
Lito, her grandfather.
Ivan
Her mother.
Her father.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where is Josef's father taken at the beginning of the book?
America.
A concentration camp, Dachau.
Cuba.
France.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Where does Isabel's boat accidentally land?
Hawaii.
Houston.
The Bahamas.
Puerto Rico.
- 18. Multiple Choice
In which country are Josef and his family given refuge?
Cuba
England
France
The United States
- 19. Multiple Choice
What does Mahmoud's mother give to a passing refugee raft in the Mediterranean?
Her passport
His baby sister, Hana
Her iPhone
Her life jacket
- 20. Multiple Choice
Isabel and her family finally see the lights of which city at the end of the book?
Port-au-Prince.
Havana.
Miami.
San Juan.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Mahmoud and his family are handcuffed and imprisoned in which country?
Hungary.
Cuba.
The United States.
Germany.
- 22. Multiple Choice
What attacks Ivan in the boat?
The coast guard.
Fidel Castro.
Another refugee.
A shark.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Josef and his family board which ship?
The Titanic.
The MS St. Louis.
Hitler's Revenge.
The Lusitania.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which country's Coast Guard pick up Mahmoud and his family out of the Mediterranean in pages 164-215?
The United States.
Greece.
Germany.
Hungary.
- 25. Multiple Choice
After the people from the UN arrived to observe, Mahmoud
set fire to the cloth tents.
stole sandwiches from the kitchens.
sent a letter to the news stations.
walked out of the camp.
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