Refugee: Chapters 1-12
Authored by Heather Johnston
English
6th - 9th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz covers the novel *Refugee* by Alan Gratz, focusing on the first twelve chapters and examining three interconnected refugee narratives from different historical periods. The content is appropriate for middle school students, particularly grades 6-8, as it requires students to demonstrate reading comprehension, character analysis, and recall of specific plot details from a complex multi-perspective narrative. Students need strong literal comprehension skills to track three separate storylines featuring Josef (a Jewish boy fleeing Nazi Germany), Isabel (a Cuban girl escaping to America), and Mahmoud (a Syrian boy fleeing civil war). The questions assess students' ability to identify key story elements including setting, character motivations, significant plot events, and symbolic elements like Isabel's trumpet. Students must understand cause-and-effect relationships, character development, and the historical contexts that drive each family's desperate journey to safety. Created by Heather Johnston, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6 and 9, this quiz serves as an effective formative assessment tool for monitoring student comprehension during guided reading instruction. Teachers can use this quiz as a chapter check to ensure students are following the complex narrative structure before progressing further into the novel, or as a review activity before class discussions about refugee experiences and historical parallels. The quiz works well for homework assignments, reading group accountability, or as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper literary analysis. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.6.1, RL.6.3, and RL.7.1, which require students to cite textual evidence, analyze character development, and demonstrate comprehension of complex literary texts with multiple storylines and historical settings.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Setting: What country is Josef and his family from?
Germany
Syria
Cuba
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Setting: What country is Isabel from?
Cuba
Germany
Syria
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Setting: What country is Mahmoud from?
Syria
Germany
Cuba
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Chapter One: Why did the Nazis come into Josef's house?
To arrest his father
To arrest his mother
To steal their items
To give them a fine
Tags
CCSS.RL.7.9
CCSS.RL.8.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Chapter Two: What is Ivan and his father building in their shed?
Boat
Deck
Stairs
Treehouse
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Chapter Two: What instrument does Isabel play?
Trumpet
Guitar
Drums
Kazoo
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 5 pts
Chapter Three: What word best describes how Mahmoud tries to be at school?
Invisible
Talkative
Helpful
Curious
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
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