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- 1. Multiple Choice
What animal is Isabel feeding at the beginning of Chapter 1?
a puppy
a turtle
a kitten
a bird
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is the leader of Cuba during this time?
Fernando Batista
Fidel Castro
Hugo Chavez
Hector Guerrera
- 3. Fill in the Blank
What instrument does Isabel enjoy playing?
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did Papi do to get into trouble with the police?
Burn a poster with Fidel Castro's face on it
Build a raft to leave Cuba
Steal food from the market
Throw a bottle at a line of police officers
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who stops Papi from being arrested?
a tourist
Isabel
Lito
Luis, Ivan's brother
- 6. Multiple Choice
How does Isabel convince the Castillos to let her family come on their boat?
She says she can get them gasoline
She offers to cook them dinner
She pays them all her allowance money
She doesn't. She has to find another boat.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy mean?
Cuban refugees are not allowed into America at all.
Cuban refugees caught in the water on the way to America are sent back to Cuba, but if they make it to dry land, they are given refugee status.
Fidel Castro would force anyone caught escaping Cuba to work in the sugar cane fields.
- 8. Multiple Choice
In Chapter 3, what does Fidel Castro say on the news that surprises Isabel and her family?
That there is a $1000 reward for anyone who finds Isabel's father
That he is resigning as President of Cuba
That anyone who wishes to leave Cuba, may now do so without penalty
That he is providing extra food and medicine for all families
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why doesn't Lito want to leave Cuba?
Isabel's mother is pregnant
Lito has a good job in Cuba
Lito is scared of the ocean
Lito doesn't like the United States
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does Isabel trade to the fisherman for gasoline?
a pair of shoes and a necklace
a loaf of bread and hunk of cheese
her trumpet and a kitten
a few coins and an old sewing machine
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