Refugee Comprehension Check Part 3

Otto Schiendick and his fireman search the Landau’s room for

• Stolen medicine

• Their safety

• Banned books

• Illegal Newspapers

Isabel compares her journey to

• A storm

• A song

• A baseball game

• An odyssey

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Mahmoud find floating in the water

• A child’s doll

• A life preserver

• A map

• A cell phone

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Josef’s mother go to visit the ship’s doctor?

• She is seasick

• She has a fever

• To get medicine to make her husband sleep

• To get medicine to calm his little sister

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The tourists in the Bahamas give Isabel’s family all of the following items except:

• sunscreen

• chips

• water

• aspirin

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why does Mahmoud take the drowned man’s life jacket?

• To set his baby sister on top of it

• Because he didn’t want the dead man floating next to him

• Someone else might need it

• Because his own life jacket was a fake

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why do the Cuban policemen shoot into the water when Josef’s father jumps overboard?

• They didn’t want him to swim to shore

• There were sharks in the water

• They were following Schiendick’s orders

• To send a message to the other passengers-don’t try to swim for it

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do the people on Isabel’s sinking boat decide to do in order to stay afloat?

• Plug up the holes with material from their shirts

• Attach their life vests to the sides of the boat

• Take turns swimming alongside of the boat

• Throw their bags of belongings into the sea to make the boat lighter

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Mahmoud’s father tells him to check the bodies on the beach for-

• Hana

• Shoes

• Money

• A cell phone charger

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What name does Isabel’s grandfather, Lito, suggest for their boat?

• The Castro

• The Floating Coffin

• The St. Louis

• The Camel

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9