Refugee Final Assessment

Why were the passengers on the "St. Louis" angry after arriving in Cuba?

• they weren't allowed off the ship

• they were taken to a camp for Jews

• the crew had abandoned them

• all the kids were taken off the boat, but not the adults

When his family boarded the ship in Germany, what was Josef most worried about?

• he forgot his school books

• his aunt lost her visa

• his father was paranoid

• there were dogs in cages

Mahmoud and his family were threatened by who?

• the man on the bus with a knife

• the taxi driver with a gun

• their apartment manager with an eviction notice

• the captain of the boat with a wrench

Mahmoud's family decided to leave Syria after what event?

• their neighborhood was flooded with gases

• his mother lost her teaching job

• their apartment building was hit by a missile

• his father was ordered to report for military services

How did Mahmoud meet Josef's sister in Germany?

• his family was taken to live with a host family

• he attended a field trip to a holocaust museum

• he was given a scholarship from a Jewish center

• his uncle opened a shop in a Jewish neighborhood

When Mahmoud's family was in Turkey, a boy

• took them to an abandoned mall to sleep

• showed them the cemetery of other refugees

• stole medicine for them from a hospital

• told the police they had taken his bicycle

Why did Mahmoud feel guilty?

• he lost Rasha in a crowd outside the sports stadium

• he told Tarek thew wrong location for the council meeting

• he left the bag of Joram's medicine at the station

• he convinced someone on another dingy to take Hana

Lito did what to help his family reach shore?

• threw a rope to the dock

• jumped into the ocean to distract the coast guard

• started a fire on the raft

• cut loose the anchor

Why did a Cuban policeman need to rescue Josef's father?

• he stopped breathing

• he jumped overboard

• he started a fire

• he fought the captain

What did Mahmoud do after the people fro the UN arrived to observe?

• sent a note to the leader

• climbed up the flagpole

• walked out of the camp

• set fire to the cloth tents