"Refugee" Practice 1-16

What is the name of the ship Josef and his family sail on?

• MS Berlin

• MS Hamburg

• MS Titanic

• MS St. Louis

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What causes the people to riot in Havana when Isabel, her father and grandfather are there?

• They don't want to go to war.

• They are frustrated with the Cuban dictator and lack of resources.

• They protested against the United States

• The demanded free speech

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

On page 25 it states,

"Josef, Ruth! My darlings!" He kissed the tops of their heads again and again, then jumped back. He looked around manically, like there were spies everywhere. "We have to go. We can't stay here. We have to get on board before they stop us."

What statement below 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 refuses to speak to anyone.

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

• He is unhealthy, paranoid, and no longer the man he once was.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Isabel trades her trumpet for two large plastic jugs of gasoline. 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 arrest her father

• convince the Castillo's 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.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is a refugee ?

• a person who moves from one place to another, especially in order to find work or better living conditions.
  

• a person that fled his country from violence, fear or persecution

• a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

• a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Gratz states, "By car first." Mahmoud's father shrugged. "Then by boat? By train? By bus? On foot? I don't know. What choice do we have? Our home is destroyed!"

Mahmoud's apartment building is destroyed. Why are Mahmoud and his family being forced out of Syria?

• because of the war with the United States

• because of the war with the Nazis

• because of Civil War

• because of the food shortage

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

It states on page 16, "Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn't even know. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy. "

Which definition best fits the meaning of indignation, according to context above?

• anger caused by an argument.

• calm and delightful

• respect caused by a sense of pride and honor

• anger caused by something that is unjust, unfair, or mean

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Mahmoud's family plan was to travel to....(their ultimate goal).

• Turkey

• Germany

• Cuba

• The United States

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What risky choice did Josef make on the train?

• Took off his Star of David armband

• Yelled at a Nazi soldier

• Snuck into another car to see his father

• Wrote a letter to the president

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

“Look! I found a bit of a dead fish on the beach for the cat.” Isabel recoiled at the smell, but the kitten came running back, eating greedily from Ivan’s hand” (Gratz 9).

The word recoiled means?

• Seemed immoral

• Taste appalling

• Felt famished

• Flinched back in disgust.

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4