What is Isabel's friend Ivan and his family doing in secret?

hosting neighborhood meetings at their home

What does Josef do on the train that gets him into trouble?

He takes off his armband of the Jewish star.

He tells the conductor that he is Jewish.

He has a fit and breaks everything in sight.

Refugees are people who...

are forced to move because of violence or persecution

decide to move in search of work or more opportunities

How had Josef's father changed after he was arrested?

He was very thin, had a shaved head, and acted scared.

He was much nicer to his family.

He had gained wait while in the concentration camp.

What do Josef, Ruthie, and their new friends do on the St. Louis?

Play tricks on others on the ship

Cry because they miss their homes

Lean over the rail and almost fall off the ship

What happened to Mahmoud's family as they tried to leave Syria?

Their car was hit by so much gunfire that they had to leave it.

They made friends with another family and followed each other.

Mahmoud's father was shot and killed.

What belongings do Mahmoud's family have with them?

money, papers, 2 phones, 2 phone chargers

Does Lito (isabel's grandfather) have any family in Florida?

No, he lied and said that he did.

What did Josef do so that his father would stop acting crazy before the doctor reached them?

He slapped his father across the face.

He was so embarrassed that he left.

He prayed with his mom and Ruthie.

Why did Schiendick and the 2 Nazi fireman come to Josef's room?

to destroy the room because Josef's dad tried to spit on Schiendick

to try to sit calmly with Josef's family and talk about getting along

They put a bomb in Josef's room.

What happened when a boat passed by Mahmoud's family while they were in the ocean?

Mahmoud and his mom grabbed onto the passing boat.

The boat hit Waleed and he was sent flying.

Dad and Waleed grabbed onto the passing boat.

Why couldn't Josef's mom help him with the dad?

She drank the sleeping medicine that she wanted to bring to her husband.

She was too angry to help Josef.

Why were they slowing the ship down that Josef was on?

There was a tanker headed towards them

Someone had accidentally fallen overboard

What does the saying, "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." mean?

It would be a beautiful sunset for 3 days

Isabel was suddenly awaken from what after saving Senor Castillo?

A dream of a giant monster coming for her

A huge wave that rocked the boat

Why does Mahmoud's family leave behind their car before they get to Turkey?

It is destroyed during a gunfight between the rebels and the soldiers.

The streets are too chaotic and dangerous to drive

What has Ivan's family used as the material for the bottom of the boat? (The family finds this kind of funny)

a street sign painted with Fidel Castro's face

a door from the Castillo's home

empty oil barrels with Russian words on them

several flamingo shaped pool floats

What does Otto Schiendick try to do at the funeral to the body of Professor Wells

he wants the body to be covered with a Nazi flag before it is buried at sea

he wants to stop the funeral because the professor is Jewish

he wants to burn the body in the boiler room of the ship

he wants to wait until they arrive in Cuba to bury his body

What happened to Isabel's grandfather?

He distracted the Coast Guard by jumping into the water and then got sent back to Cuba.

He made it to Miami with the rest of the family.

He stayed behind in Cuba from the beginning.

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Authored by Thais Maceo

English, Social Studies

8th - 9th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

Isreal

Palestine

Germany

Syria

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Syria is in what part of the world?

Africa

Europe

Middle East (Western Asia)

America

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

moves away

Hitler Youth

school yard fight

artillery attack

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which main character lives in Nazi Germany in 1938?

Josef

Isabel

Mahmoud

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which main character is from Cuba in 1994?

Josef

Isabel

Mahmoud

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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Refugee by Alan Gratz

Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

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

Syria is in what part of the world?

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

Which main character lives in Nazi Germany in 1938?

Which main character is from Cuba in 1994?

Which main character is from Syria in 2015?

What is Isabel's friend Ivan and his family doing in secret?

What does Josef do on the train that gets him into trouble?

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