Refugee by Alan Gratz

Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

• Isreal
• Palestine
• Germany
• Syria

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What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

• Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster.

• A person who has a war going on where they live.

• Someone trying to escape for religious persecution.

• All of the above.

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

• Haiti
• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Dominican Republic

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Syria is in what part of the world?

• Africa
• Europe
• Middle East
• Asia

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In Josef's story, he loses his best friend. How?

• moves away

• Hitler Youth

• school yard fight

• artillery attack

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How were Josef and Isabel's stories different?

• when they took place

• Hitler wanted Jews gone, Castro wouldn't let Cubans leave

• where they took place

• they weren't different

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What started the riots at the Melacon in Havana?

• Lack of education

• A pistol shot

• Protesters were chanting, "Down with Fidel!"

• They ran out of food too fast.

Josef's father does all of the following things as the family is about to board the MS St. Louis EXCEPT:

• kisses the tops of Ruth's and Josef's heads

• pulls his family along with him as he darts from place to place dodging imaginary enemies

• runs up the ramp to the ship without waiting in line

• offers to help Josef's mother with the luggage

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.

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