Refugee-Chapters 4-9

Why would no one help Josef and his family at the railway station?

• They wore yellow Star of David armbands.

• They had no money.

• People were afraid of them.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What word best describes how Josef felt based on the following excerpt from chapter 4, "Josef could barely walk. His legs were like lead, and his eyes lost their focus. (23)"

• Tired

• Scared

• Excited

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does it mean that Josef and his family "were going to pay the price (24)?"

• They would have to pay for the piece of candy.

• They were going to be kicked off of the train.

• They had to buy their train tickets.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Isabel couldn't believe what she was hearing (26)." Why?

• People caught criticizing Fidel Castro were thrown into jail.

• The sounds of gunfire were overwhelming.

• People were shouting naughty words in the streets.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which of the following is a synonym for the word pandemonium, as used in the following sentence? "She leaped down off the hood of the car and pushed her way through the pandemonium. (28)"

• chaos

• stand

• field

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence best helps you determine the meaning of the word pandemonium as used in the following sentence? "She leaped fown off the hood of the car and pushed her way through the pandemonium (28)."

• She climbed up the bumper and onto the hood. (27)

• Isabel ignored them both and turned this way and that, calling out for her father. (27)

• The rioters and police traded rocks and bullets, and a man with a bloody head staggered past Isabel. (26)

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What do Mahmoud and his brother do after they wash up?

• Eat a snack

• Pray

• Go to bed

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? "Mahmoud's ears rang with a high-pitched whine, like the TV when the satellite was searching for a signal. (32)"

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What did Mahmoud "understand" at the end of Chapter 6? "He blinked, still dazed, and then he understood. (33)"

• That his entire neigborhood had been hit by a bomb

• Why his mother had quit her job as a nurse

• The answer to his homework that he was working on

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The Hitler Youth who catches Josef in the non-Jewish area...

• reports his name to authorities.

• lets him go with a warning.

• calls for help.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9