Refugee - Section 1 Review

How does the author’s use of figurative language at the start of the novel effect the reader?

• It helps the reader compare themselves to Josef.

• It helps to set the scene.

• It adds not just a visual aid but an auditory aid as well.

• It provides humor.

 What is the tone of the Brownshirts comments towards Josef?

• indifferent

• indignant

•  gloomy

• melancholy

What does the word rationing mean as it is used in the following sentence: “There had been rationing and food coupon books back when Isabel was little” 

• to try to understand

• a fixed amount allowed

• to consider a certain quality or rank

• to supply or provide with provisions

What can be inferred from the sound of broken glass in Isabel’s chapter?

• a group of kids vandalizing the neighborhood

• devastation being inflicted somewhere by an opposing group

• it symbolizes a feeling of despair in the Castillo family

• destruction being caused by supporters of Castro

What effect does the use of the word invisible have on the reader in the following line?

“ Mahmoud Bishara was invisible, and that’s exactly how he wanted it. Being 

invisible was how he survived”

• the reader feels apathy towards the character

• the reader feels as though he/she is really invisible

• the reader feels outrage towards the character

• the reader feels sympathy towards the character

Based on the quote from question 5, which word best describes Mahmoud’s tone?

• Desperate

• Senseless

• Exhilarated

• Anxious

Which quote establishes that Jews were meant to feel inferior or be easily identified in Nazi Germany?

• “It was like they were invisible.”

• “By now, May of 1939, most countries had stopped admitting  Jewish refugees, or had lots of applications you had to fill out and file and pay for before they would let you in.”

•  “Josef felt the heat of that embarrassment all over again, the humiliation of being talked about like he was an animal. A specimen. Something subhuman.”

• “Beyond the next door was the “German” part of the train.”

Which of the following lines from the chapter best supports a feeling of fear of the Hitler Youth?

• “He stood taller, tugged at the bottom of his brown shirt to straighten it, then turned and marched away.”

• “No. Not here. Not now. Not like this, Josef prayed — and the Hitler Youth boy pushed Josef on past”

• “Wearing that uniform turned boys into monsters. Josef had seen it happen.”

• “‘Put that on. And don’t ever do that again,’ the Hitler Youth told Josef. ‘Do you understand?’”

Which quote supports the theme of desperation as seen in the initial chapters of Refugee?

• “He smiled sadly and punched their tickets. ‘I understand. Oh— let me get someone to help you with those bags. Porter?’”

• “Castro rambled on without a script, quoting novels and telling personal anecdotes about the Revolution.”

• “Through the huge hole that used to be the wall of his apartment Mahmoud saw gray-white clouds from missile strikes blooming all around.”

• “‘I can’t stay here,’ Papi said. His head was bent low, but his voice was loud and clear. ‘Not any longer, they’ll come for me’

Which quote suggests that Mahmoud’s world as he knew it had been completely destroyed?

• “Rubble was strewn everywhere. Missiles and bombs thudded nearby, close enough to shake loose parts of walls.”

• “Mahmoud’s heart was racing, his ears still buzzed, and his shoulder burned, but they were alive.”

• “Mahmoud looked up at where his apartment had been. It wasn’t there anymore. His home was totally destroyed.”

• “But then there his dad was, running down the street toward them, and Mahmoud felt like he could fly.”