All about Josef
Why did Josef and his family leave Germany?
Josef and his family left Germany so that they could get away from the Nazis.
The name of Isabel's best friend
Ivan
The name of Mahmoud's sister
Hana
What did Mahmoud do to save Hana (his little sister)?
Even though they were drowning, Mahmoud forced someone he didn't know to take her.
Why Isabel's mother had a hard time on the boat
She was pregnant
The name of Josef's sister
Ruth or Ruthie
This is what Isabel calls her grandfather.
Lito
The country that Mahmoud and his family are trying to get to
Germany
Why did Josef's father (Aaron) jump off of the MS St. Louis?
Aaron jumped off because he didn't want to go back to a concentration camp in Germany or somewhere else. Aaron knew that he would be better off drowning instead of dying in the hands of the Germans.
The name of the captain on the MS St. Louis
Captain Schroeder
The names of Josef's parents
Aaron and Rachel Landau.
The name of Isabel's baby brother
Mariano
The sea that Mahmoud crossed
The Aegean Sea
Why did Mahmoud and Waleed walk right past the guard in Austria?
Mahmoud knew that he needed to be seen in order to get to Germany.
This is what Mahmoud's father bought from the boy in Turkey.
Life jackets
The name of the police officer who saved Josef's father
Mariano Padron
The island that Isabel landed on before Miami
The Bahamas
This is why Waleed was broken.
Waleed was broken because of all the war and fighting going on back home in Syria. He was also this way because he saw things that no child his age should ever see.
What is shown when Isabel trades in her trumpet for gasoline?
It shows how dead set Isabel is on leaving Cuba. It also shows how much maturity Isabel is has because she knows that it is worth it to lose something she loves in order to have a better life in the United States.
The countries Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud left
Germany, Cuba, and Syria.
The number of people on the MS St. Louis
937
This is what caused Isabel and her family to leave.
Fidel Castro was allowing any Cubans to leave if they wanted to for a brief period of time.
The importance of Austria to Mahmoud
Austria was where Mahmoud and his family began to feel excepted by people who were different then them.
What does Lito's sacrifice show us?
Lito's sacrifice shows that it is worth it for his family and the Castillos to make it to Miami while he is sent back to Cuba. Showing that he thinks freedom is more important for other people than himself.
The overall theme of the book
Freedom is always worth fighting for.