Josef
What official protocol delays the MS St. Louis once it reaches the Cuban harbor?
Medical inspections
What heroic feat does Isabel perform right as the tanker just misses the boat?
She jumps in and saves Sr. Castillo.
What obstacle led to the family deciding to find different lodging than the abandoned mall (yogurt shop).
Outrageous rent hikes from two Turkish landlords.
to agitate
Name the motif that has to do with people being dead in the water.
All three stories have a "funeral" including religious traditions for a dead body that happens in the ocean.
Why does Josef feel ashamed in regards to his father after the ransacking of the stateroom? One way.
Because he promised him nothing would happen to him OR he slapped him.
What situation is happening in the boat that makes it necessary to get to land quickly? Two ways.
Running out of gas
Boat is falling apart
Mama is going into labor
Running out of supplies, water
What is one way that Mahmoud has made an independent decision on behalf of his family?
Ran into the street to get help with lodging in Turkey
Handed Hana off to a stranger
Took the lifejacket off the corpse
curt
short, to the point
What special privilege do Josef's friends enjoy in the Cuban harbor?
They get to get off the boat to be with their father, Dr. Aber.
The doctor made her take it since she said it was for her.
What happened to Isabel's grandmother?
She was swept into the ocean during a cyclone.
Why did the raft overturn in the Mediterranean Sea?
It hit the rocks and punctured.
whim
something you do without thinking
Who was the American president during the time of Josef's chapter 1939?
Roosevelt (Franklin D)
How has Papa hurt the family's chances of making it to Cuba?
No country will want someone who cannot contribute to society and needs $ and resources for their mental health.
What difficult decision does Mama make when they make it to the Bahamas?
She decides to stay on the boat so she isn't deported back to Cuba after she heals there.
What disturbing experience happens on board the ferry to Athens that leads to Mahmoud's realization about being a refugee?
The Tourists are giving them dirty looks and muttering under their breath.
churlish
bad disposition, bratty
"Jewish rats."
What are two ways that we know for a fact that the Cuban policeman is Lito?
His name is mentioned.
He likes to do piropos, like he does as an old man.
He keeps imagining something sad and saying "Manana."
He wants to name the boat "MS St. Louis."
Explain how Isabel sees the journey as a "son Cubano".
She sees the different phases as sometimes repeating like a chorus, but also the difficult part as a bridge which sounds different than the rest. She also sees the end as a coda which opens the song up to a new sound (new life).
Name one of the jokes that Mahmoud's father has said on this journey.
Frozen - Do you want to build a snowman?
Angry Birds
Circus is in town
Meal on board the raft
respite
a break
What was one of the names they talked about for Isabel's boat?
Or What was Fidel Castro's motto?
Floating Coffin, Fidel
Me Piro (I'm outta here), Chao Pescao (Bye, Fish)
The St. Louis, El Camello (The Camel)
2) Fight against the impossible and win"