Refugee Reading Check (pages 1-156)

Where is Josef Landau from?

• Santa Clara, Cuba

• Hamburg, Germany

• Damascus, Syria

• Berlin, Germany

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Early on, the Landau family finds out that Aaron will be released from this concentration camp

• Auschwitz

• Dachau

• Buchenwald

• Ravensbrück

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is one thing that Isabella, Josef and Mahmoud have in common?

• They're fleeing Europe

• They're using some form of air travel

• Their 3 stories are set in the 1960s

• They're all crossing bodies of water

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Isabel and her family are fleeing the Island of Cuba, led by this man.

• Fidel Castro

• Saddam Hussein

• Michael Jordan

• Josef Stalin

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What caused Mahmoud's apartment in Syria to become unlivable?

• Pipes exploded in his home from a battle being fought in his city.

• Monsoons (heavy rains) caused the roof to collapse

• It was hit with a missile.

• Black mold

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Mahmoud's family must escape their home country. The first country they cross into is _________.

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Texas

• Israel

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Josef was mildly surprised by the level of courteousness aboard the ship until he ventured to __________ where he met men affiliated with the Nazi Party.

• the quarterdeck

• the bow

• the engine room

• the cockpit

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which country did Lito NOT SAY Cuba had "been beholden to"?

• Brazil

• the US

• Spain

• Russia

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which Sea was Mahmoud's family "smuggled" across?

• Adriatic Sea

• Arabian Sea

• Philippine Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

Professor Weiler passed away aboard the ship; Aaron Landau (Josef's dad) thought he had been killed by Nazis. What was his actual cause of death?

• Brain Trauma

• Heart Attack

• Cancer

• Juggling Accident

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9