Answer the following using complete sentences:

The United States does which of the following in regard to the St. Louis?

• Allows the passengers to disembark

• Denies entry to the passengers

• Allows the ship to dock while they find other arrangements

• Welcomes the ship with a ceremony

Write the definition that matches the use of the word bail in the excerpt.

"Chabela! Leave the engine alone and help us bail?" her father called.

• To remove water from a boat

• To release someone from jail after paying money

• To abandon a commitment or activity

• To jump out of an aircraft with a parachute

What finally causes Mahmoud’s father to stop telling jokes?

• He becomes too tired.

• He is overcome with sadness after being beaten in Hungary.

• He loses his voice.

• He does not have anything to make jokes about.

Write the country for each dictator: Adolf Hitler ________ Fidel Castro ________ Bashar al-Assad ________

• Adolf Hitler: Germany, Fidel Castro: Cuba, Bashar al-Assad: Syria

• Adolf Hitler: Italy, Fidel Castro: Spain, Bashar al-Assad: Egypt

• Adolf Hitler: France, Fidel Castro: Venezuela, Bashar al-Assad: Jordan

• Adolf Hitler: Russia, Fidel Castro: Brazil, Bashar al-Assad: Lebanon

Write the time period (setting) for each character: Isabel ________ Josef ________ Mahmoud ________

• Isabel: 1994, Cuba Josef: 1938-1939, Germany Mahmoud: 2015, Syria

• Isabel: 2015, Syria Josef: 1994, Cuba Mahmoud: 1938, Germany

• Isabel: 1938, Germany Josef: 2015, Syria Mahmoud: 1994, Cuba

• Isabel: 1938, Cuba Josef: 2015, Germany Mahmoud: 1994, Syria

What caused the economic crisis in Cuba?

• The collapse of the Soviet Union

• A drought caused the sugarcane to die.

• Decrease in tourism

• Technological advancements

Isabel must leave Cuba because:

• Her father participated in a riot.

• She wants to go on vacation.

• She is visiting relatives.

• She is studying abroad.

Mahmoud must leave Syria because:

• He wants to travel.

• There is a war in Syria.

• He is studying abroad because his school was destroyed.

• His father got a new job.

Josef must leave Germany because:

• He wants to travel the world.

• He is fleeing persecution.

• He is visiting family.

• HIs father got a new job.

The "wet foot, dry foot" policy was:

• A U.S. immigration policy that allowed Cuban migrants who reached U.S. soil to stay, but those intercepted at sea were returned to Cuba.

• A policy that allowed all immigrants to enter the U.S. regardless of their origin.

• A law that required all immigrants to have a visa before entering the U.S.

• A policy that only applied to Mexican immigrants.