Refugee - Pages 1-55

Josef wakes up one night to the sound of Nazi's breaking into his home. They arrest his father and take him to a concentration camp. Aaron Landau is released from the concentration camp on the condition he:

• stops practicing law

• wears the Star of David

• leaves the country within 14 days

• returns after a short visit with his family

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CCSS.RL.7.9

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When Josef and his family are reunited with Josef's father, his father seems to be very changed by the trauma he suffered in the camp. Aaron Landau 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

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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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Isabel trades her trumpet for 2 very large cans of gas. This action allows her to:

• trade the gas with her neighbors so she can get more food for her family

• bribe the police officers so they won't try to arrest her father

• convince the Castillos to take her family with them on their small boat

• fill the gas tank of a neighbors car so her father can leave Havana before the police come to his house

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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

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CCSS.RL.8.3

The beginning of a story - where the reader learns about the time, place and characters in the story - is called the:

• falling action

• setting (or exposition)

• rising action

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

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CCSS.RL.4.4

"A building shuddered and collapsed, smoke and debris avalanching out into the street." The purpose of the figurative language in this sentence is to:

• help the reader figure out what the word "shuddered" means

• remind us that bombs can cause a lot of damage

• create an image in the reader's mind of the danger in the situation

• make sure we don't forget what is happening in Syria

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"So we have money! We will buy tickets as we go. More importantly, we have our lives. But if we stay in Aleppo even a day longer, we may not have that." This quotation from Mahmoud's father shows that:

• Mahmoud's father doesn't like to make plans

• Mahmoud's family does' have a very clear plan because they are in a desperate situation

• Mahmoud's father is overly concerned about money.

• Mahmoud's father likes to be daring

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