Refugee Test

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.

The protagonist named Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

• Isreal

• Palestine

• Germany

• Syria

artillery

• destruction

• rebuilding

• weaponry

• church

They cowered together on the floor as the shadows picked up Ruth's bed and threw it against the wall. Crash!

What does cowered mean?

• cringed

• pleaded

• hummed

• bounced

"Josef! Ruth!" Mama cried when she them. She lunged for her children, but one of the Nazis grabbed her nightgown and pulled her back.

What does lunged mean?

• lifted

• dove

• shrank

• took

"Aaron Landau," one of the Brownshirts said to Josef's father, "you have continued to practice law despite the fact that Jews are forbidden to do so under the Civil Restoration Act of 1933. For this crime against the German people, you will be taken into protective custody."

What does custody mean?

• arrest

• liberty

• lookout

• mind

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

• Haiti
• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Dominican Republic

Mahmoud, one of the protagonist, is being forced out of his home because of what?

• Genocide
• Aliens
• Civil War
• A Depression

Which character has fallen into severe depression due to the trauma witnessed?

• Ivan

• Josef

• Isabel

• Waleed

Why is there a civil war in Syria?