Refugee Reading Comprehension Check

There are 3 different plots to this story? 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The Protagonist named Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

• Isreal
• Palestine
• Germany
• Syria

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Isabel, one of the protagonist in the story, is trying to get to the United States from where?

• Haiti
• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Dominican Republic

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Mahmoud, one of the protagonist, is being forced out of his home because of what?

• Genocide
• Aliens
• Civil War
• A Depression

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Which character is fleeing to safety from the Nazis?

• Mahmoud

• Isabel

• Josef

• Ivan

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which character fled his home because of war?

• Isabel

• Mahmoud

• Lito

• Josef

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which character is fleeing Cuba because of protests and violence?

• Josef

• Waleed

• Mahmoud

• Isabel

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In Cuba, housing, supplies and food were all in short supply. All of the quotes below demonstrate how hungry people were EXCEPT:

• People had even broken into the Havana Zoo and eaten the animals...

• The cat was hungry, just like everyone else in Cuba, and its belly quickly won over its fear.

• The kitten wasn't too different from her, Isabel realized: thin, hungry and in need of a bath.

• She was barefoot like always, and wore a tank top and shorts.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Mahmoud and Josef are both:

• sad to see their fathers unable to go to work because it is illegal for them to keep working

• very popular at school

• invisible

• trying to get to Germany

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why did the Brownshirts take Josef's father away?

• He owed the men money.

• He was practicing law which was forbidden for Jews.

• He punched one of the Brownshirts in the face.