Vocab 1
“The ocean __________ and sank, the little boat tipping over sideways as the waves caught it amidships” (119).
heaved
Aaron disagrees with Shiendick about this
funeral flag
“If anyone knew his father was unwell, he’d be ________ from entering Cuba” (167).
barred
This character falls off the Cuban raft and needs to be saved
Senor Castillo
After the medical exam the Cuban officer tells the passengers they will get off the boat at THIS time
manana (tomorrow)
“Mom got in beside him with Hana, and Mahmoud’s father shifted Waleed in his arms so he could __________ sit in the front passenger seat” (126).
reluctantly
The reason Isabel jumps in the water
to save Senor Castillo
“Castro’s face was even more _______ now, which meant they were taking on water” (173).
submerged
The person who gives Mahmoud and his family a ride in Turkey
Mr. Nasseer (Palestinian refugee)
Mahmoud's raft hits this
a rock
“The captain swore an oath that none of the passengers was insane, a criminal, or had a ________ disease” (130).
contagious
Isabel and her family arrive at this island
The Bahamas
“But Mahmoud’s mother would not be _____________."
consoled
her mother
Mahmoud is traveling by raft to this country
Greece
“Papa stood beside Josef, and as the doctor got closer, Josef’s father began to make a low _______ sound, like a wounded dog” (132).
keening
Mahmoud takes this from the dead man in the sea
a life vest
“Then, in ________, he and Josef spoke the answer all the Cuban guards always gave: ‘Manana’” (202).
unison
The "man" of Josef's family
Josef
The reason Isabel's family does not get off the boat
they will be sent back to Cuba
“He tumbled backward, head down in the murky water, his arms and feet ________, trying to right himself” (157).
thrashing
Shiendick does this to Josef's cabin on the ship
ransack/destroys it
“But he couldn’t help notice the _______ looks the tourists were giving them” (213).
uneasy
Mahmoud is separated from these characters while at sea
Waleed, Hana, and his father
a sleeping draught