The boat is in International waters, but the British warship follows them all day.  The captain calls them all on deck and raises a Star of David flag. In darkness, the captain tries to elude the warship, but they are caught in the spotlights.

They enter Palestinian territorial waters and the British prepare to board.  The captain goes full speed toward the shore, but the British soldiers board the boat.  This group is fought off, but another warship comes, spraying gas.
These too are fought off.  Ruth is sad to learn that Simon wanted to shoot them.  Instead they were allowed to jump overboard.

A third attack is of gas and gunfire, more soldiers board, and Saul is killed.  They continue fighting, and reach the shore.  They jump into the water where people are waiting, rushing them along, redressing them into dry clothes.  Their papers are burned.  They mix with the locals and the British, who arrive by truck, cannot tell them apart.  The British decide to simply arrest a thousand, local or refugee.  Ruth and Zvi is arrested; Simon is not.

These are put on the boat to Cyprus where the younger children are already aboard.  In Cyprus they are taken to a tent city behind barbed wire.  Ruth has vowed not to feel anything.

Rivka tells Ruth of an escape plan that Simon has arranged, and calls Ruth a coward for refusing to feel.  Ruth insists that she is not going.  Nate comes to write down her story, as she did the younger children.  Zvi refuses to go with out her, tells a story to the younger children, and once again she cries.  She decides to join the escapees

Discussion Director:
Section 10 (P111-125)

MCEOG question:  Which of the refugees were shot as the British boarded the boat?
A: Simon
B: Zvi
C: Nate
D: Saul
Answer: D (P115, p1-4)

Problem:  British attack their boat
Solution: They fight back with whatever they can find

Prediction: They will escape

Fact: (P116-117) Palestinians come to the shore to greet the refugees and confuse the soldiers.
Opinion: (P117, p3) Ruth feels wanted, like she is worth something.

Passage Picker:
Section 10 (P111-125)

(P155, p 7) All my rage suddenly explodes…I want to hurt them…I have strength I never knew was possible.
I like the irony of this passage.  She is disappointed that her brother is associating with a militant group, yet she feels this rage and fights against armed soldiers with only a plank.
Authors purpose: To show how people can be provoked outside of their nature.

Character Sketcher:
section 10 (P111-125)

Insistent: (P 122, p6) He insists that Ruth tell her story; scolds her into it.
Smart: (P123, p6) He realizes that Ruth needs to cry for Saul.
Good communicator: (P111, top) He keeps them all informed
Goal: To get his group to safety, both in body and mind.
Problem: (P122, top) Ruth insists she will not leave the camp
Solution: (P122-123)  Nate makes her tell her story and talks about Saul, forcing her to feel.

Word Wizard:
section 10 (P111-125)

Façade: (P111, p1, middle) …the captain decides there is no use trying to keep up the façade.
Meaning: false front – it is no use pretending the refugees are not aboard.  Noun
Fred kept insisting that he had two girlfriends who went to another school, but everyone knew that was a façade.
          
Truncheons: (P113, first p) …soldiers, who are dressed in gas masks, rubber suits, steel helmets, and already have big truncheons out.

Meaning: a club. Noun
Policemen often carry a truncheon, which they call a “Billy club”.
Interspersed (P118, p3) Soon there are thousands of locals on the beach with us, and we are interspersed  with them and they all begin to sing and dance the hora!
Meaning: intermingled; mixed up with.   Verb. (action)

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