Refugee Boy Chapters 1-3

The author is called

• Zephaniah Kinwae

• Christopher Zephaniah

• Kineah Zephaniah

• Benjamin Zephaniah

The novel opens with two what?

• Stories

• Prologues

• Chapters

• Songs

The beginning of the novel has some repetition. For what effect?

• To show how Alem's life was boring

• To show Alem's parents had experienced the same discrimination

• To show Alem had a hard time

• To show the author had no other ideas

The first person to speak in Chapter 1 is the Immigration Officer. True or False?

• True

• False

Alem's father wanted him to speak what?

• More fluently

• Less rudely

• English

• More politely

Which word best describes Alem when he first arrived in England?

• Nervous

• Excited

• Sad

• Lonely

Alem is shocked by the colour of someone's hair at the airport. What did he think was wrong with it?

• He thought it was too blond

• He thought it was too dark

• He thought it was burnt

• He thought he was sick

Why was Alem self-conscious about his English?

• He has never spoken English before

• He was not very good at it

• He thought he made lots of mistakes

• He had never spoken English to an English person before

Why was Alem excited about eating Spaghetti?

• It was his favourite food

• He had never eaten spaghetti before

• There were lots of Italians in Eritrea

• Spaghetti was rare in Eritrea

How had Spaghetti been introduced to Alem?

• The Italian army had invaded Eritrea in 1882 and left behind spaghetti

• The Italian army had invaded Ethiopia in 1935 and left behind spaghetti

• The English army had invaded Eritrea in 1890 and left behind spaghetti