Refugee 1-109

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

What statement BEST describes Josef's father after his time in the concentration camp?

• He is resilient and determined to make a better life for his family.

• He is shy and quiet and barely speaks to anyone.

• He is happy and grateful to be moving to a new country.

• He is damaged and no longer the man he once was.

What made Josef's father finally leave his cabin?

• He wanted to get off the ship because they had arrived in Cuba

• He decided to join his wife for a nice dinner

• He wanted to attend another Jewish passenger's funeral

• He agreed to go out with Josef's mother to tour the ship

What truth about the ship's crew did Josef discover as toured the ship with other children?

• Some of the crew members support the Nazis

• All of the crew members are Jewish too

• None of the crew members really want Jewish refugees on the ship

• All of the crew members respect the captain and his treatment of the Jews

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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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

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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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What does the Spanish word "Manana" mean in English?

• today

• tonight

• never

• tomorrow

What was the "Wet Foot - Dry Foot" policy? Choose two answers.

• If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were safe.

• If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were sent back to Cuba.

• If Cubans made it to US land, they were sent back to Cuba.

• If Cubans made it to US land, they were safe.

Mahmoud tried to be invisible in order to survive. Which quote from the novel is NOT an example that supports this statement?

• He was stocky, his shoulders wide and muscular despite the food shortages. But Mahmoud did everything he could to hide his size and his face, to stay under the radar.

• Mahmoud sat in the middle row of desks in his classroom, where the teacher wouldn't call on him.

• Mahmoud stayed in the classroom all day, never going to the bathroom or the playground.

• Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn't know. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy.

Read the excerpt from Mahmoud's story. "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