Josef
What does Josef celebrate on the M.S St. Louis?
His Bar Mitzvah
what does Isabel want to hear when she plays her trumpet?
Mahmoud bought this for waleed
teenage mutant ninja turtle
The world was a whirlwind of bricks and broken dishes and table legs and heat.
metaphor
"The Nazis caught us, and they gave my mother a choice - save me, or save my brother."
Ruthie
What TWO countries denied Josef and his family entry?
Cuba & America
what TWO characters were being shot at when seen fleeing Cuba?
Amara and Luis
mahmoud found this in the water
a working phone
His arm shook, and the gun danced between the two front seats.
personification
"you parents cabin must be searched, do you have a key?"
shiendick
who ransacked the Landau's cabin?
Lito is who in Josef's story? use entire name
officer Mariano Padron
where was mahmouds host family? who was it?
Berlin Germany & Ruthie
"He howled louder than a fighter jet"
Hyperbole
"I know what you are thinking, I am thinking of her too"
who is he talking about?
Lito said that about Lita
What did Josef's mom sew into Ruthie's coat?
Diamond earrings
what did Isabel trade her trumpet for? and to who?
A fisherman for gas
without these people showing up Mahmoud would not have been able to leave the prison
United Nations
The kitten's tummy purred like an outboard motor.
Simile
"I need you Teresa. you and isabel, and little Mariano"
Papi
Josef was friends with these two characters on the ship
Renata & Evelyna
who is the dictator in Cuba during Isabels story?
Fidel Castro
what store did Mahmoud and his family sleep in?
a yogurt shop
Two giant smokestacks stuck up from the middle of the ship, one of them belching gray-black diesel engine smoke.
personification
"yes, yes. a thousand times yes!"
Mahmouds dad