Refugee: Ch 43-45

The narrator states: "Just like that, they had taken the bridge."

List in order the mutineers' actions that lead to this event.

• First, they grab Ostermeyer, the first officer, and push him out onto the bridge.

• Next, they catch the sailor at the steering wheel.

• Next, the mutineers surround the other men and threaten them with their clubs.

• Finally, the mutineers surround the other men and threaten them with their clubs.

• First, they catch the sailor at the steering wheel.

Describe a situation where Josef shows he is bold. Include a quotation for text evidence.

Analyze Josef's point of view at the end of the chapter.

• He is nervous about the mutiny and questions what he's doing.

• He agrees to help Pozner take over the ship.

• He still wants to mutiny and says No to Capt. Schroeder about surrendering.

• He changes his mind and decides to trust the captain, agreeing to the surrender.

Analyze Pozner's point of view at the end of the chapter.

• He is nervous about the mutiny and questions what he's doing.

• He agrees to help Josef take over the ship.

• He still wants to mutiny and says No to Capt. Schroeder about surrendering.

• He changes his mind and decides to trust the captain, agreeing to the surrender.

Read this passage where Capt. Schroeder speaks to the mutineers:

"I promise you men," he said quietly, his voice almost a whisper, "I promise you on my honor as a sea captain that I will do everything possible to land you in England. I will run the ship aground there if I must. But you must stand down and promise me no further trouble."

Why does the captain speak in a 'quiet' voice that is 'almost a whisper'?

• Capt. Schroeder is afraid of the mutineers.

• Capt. Schroeder is trying to show them that he's sincere, knows they're serious, and wants to win them over.

• Capt. Schroeder knows they could kill him and his men at any moment and takes it seriously.

• Capt. Schroeder is trying to distract them so that another officer can knock out the mutineers.

Identify the type of figurative language used in this passage:

"He sat frozen with all the others as a bright white searchlight clicked on."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

A hyperbole is an exaggeration. It emphasizes how terrified Papi is when the Coast Guard boat turns on the searchlight.

Explain how the author uses the other raft of refugees to impact the situation on Isabel's boat.

Answer explanation

The other raft draws the attention of the Coast Guard away from Isabel's boat so they can start rowing to land before they get caught. If they can reach land, they can stay in the U.S.

Describe two obstacles Isabel's mother is dealing with.

• She hates the U.S. and her family is making her go against her will.

• She wants to have her baby in the U.S., but is being caught by the U.S. Coast Guard.

• She is afraid she'll be sent to a Cuban jail.

• She's in labor out on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

• She feels like they should have stayed in the Bahamas and is afraid the raft will sink.

Which pieces of text evidence support this statement:

Mahmoud's family and other refugees are treated like criminals at the immigrant detention center.

• They are put in a cell with bars and locked with electronic bolts.

• They are given soft beds to sleep in and televisions to watch.

• They are sat in a cell with no food or water.

• They are escorted a cafeteria where they can eat as much as they want.

• Mahmoud's father is beaten twice.

Read this passage: Mahmoud's mother reached for them through the bars. "Youssef!" she cried.

"No, mom--don't!" Mahmoud cried. A soldier clanged his nightstick against the metal bars and she retreated inside her cell.

What does 'retreated' mean?

• To lunge forward as if to grab something.

• To stay in one place, perfectly still.

• To go back or pull back or away from something.