Refugee Chapter 1

Refugee

Chapter 1 (by Alan Gratz)

Word Choice

• An author uses certain words to impact the reader's emotions.

• "How does the author's word choice impact the overall meaning of the text?"

• Which words or phrases contribute to the meaning of the text?

• How does the word(s) support the ideas in this text?

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Multiple Choice

The chapter opens with "CRACK! BANG!" This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence.

The air seemed to crackle around them like static from a radio.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The author includes details about Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, for what purpose?

• sense of hope

• sense of enlightenment

• sense of loss

• sense of fear

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence.

The Nazi's hadn't said it with words, but the message was clear: Josef and his family weren't wanted in Germany anymore.

How do author's choice of words contributes to the mood of the story?

• Light-hearted

• Suspenseful

• Haunting

• Peaceful

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what did Josef's father continue to do which resulted in him placed into protective custody?

• committed crimes against German people

• he refused to join the Nazi Party

• continued to practice law

• he talked back to the Brownshirts

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of the first chapter of Refugee?

• Havana, Cuba

• Aleppo, Syria

• Berlin, Germany

• New York, New York