Refugee Reading Counts Quiz

Josef heard the ship's crew singing Nazi songs when...

• A wedding party was celebrating in the first class cabin

• the children were given a tour of the engine room

• he led his cousins to the kitchen to look for food

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Isabel's family decided to leave Cuba after

• the hurricane left damage

• prisoners were released

• there was rioting in the city

Isabel _________________ to help her family leave Cuba.

• lied to the soldiers about her brother

• sold her trumpet for gasoline

• bought food from her allowance

When he was on the train leaving Germany, Josef

• took off his armband

• stole a bag of apples

• hid money in his shoe

When his family boarded the ship in Germany, Josef was worried because

• he forgot his school books

• his aunt lost her visa

• his father was acting paranoid (crazy)

What happened to Mahmoud and his family as they were leaving Syria?

• their train was stopped by officials

• a soldier inside their car was shot

• their van was stolen in the night

I know that Josef felt happy and like a kid on the ship because

• he eats lots of cake and candy

• he plays and jokes around with the other children

• he tells everyone how happy he is

Mahmoud's father tries to cheer his family up by

• ordering pizza for them

• buying everyone new clothes and toys

• making silly jokes even when scary things happen to them

Isabel's family so happy to be leaving Cuba they

• dance and sing in the boat as they leave

• throw a party

• call all their friends to tell them about it

Mahmoud's family decides to leave Syria after

• his father is arrested by the rebels

• Mahmoud is beaten up at school

• Mahmoud's apartment building gets bombed