The Boat Trip

​Josef

Multiple Choice

Why do Josef and his mother worry about the medical quarantine exam?

• The whole family may have scarlet fever.

• They are worried that Cuba will turn away the ship.

• Josef's father may not be able to hide his mental illness.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How does Josef get his father to be quiet during the exam?

• He holds his dad's hand.

• He slaps his dad.

• He gives his dad some coins to distract him.

• None of the above

​Isabel

Fill in the Blank

_______________ jumps in the water and saves Senor Castillo.

Multiple Choice

"Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." What does this mean?

• There are whirlpools ahead.

• Something will break on the boat.

• A storm is coming.

• None of the above

​Mahmoud

Multiple Choice

How many refugees were on the boat with Mahmoud and his family?

• 30

• 1 other family

• just his family

• just his family and a smuggler

Multiple Choice

Mahmoud thinks the boat trip was worse than _________.

• The shootout in the car when the soldier died.

• Aleppo

• The refugee camp on the Turkish border

• All of the above

Fill in the Blank

'"I see _____!" someone at the front of the dinghy yelled, and there was a loud POOM! like a bomb exploding, and Mahmoud went tumbling into the sea.' (pg 146).