"Refugee" Comprehension Assessment

1. What is the correct definition for Refugee?

• Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster
• A person who has a war going on where they live.
• Someone trying to escape religious persecution.
• All of the above.

2. The character Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?

• Israel
• Palestine
• Germany
• Syria

3. Isabel is trying to get to the United States from where?

• Haiti
• Puetro Rico
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic

4. Mahmoud is being forced out of his home because of what?

• Civil War
• A Depression
• Aliens
• Genocide

5. What is the destination for Mahmoud's family?

• Lebannon
• Turkey
• Germany
• USA

6. Which character has fallen into severe depression due to the trauma witnessed?

• Josef
• Waleed
• Isabel
• Ivan

7. What does Mahmoud's father do in stressful situations?

• Makes jokes
• Gets the hiccups
• Moans and trembles
• Prays

8. Which theme is made clear throughout the novel?

• Perseverance
• Acceptance
• Family
• Hope
• All of the above

9. Who is the author of "Refugee"?

• Karen McManus
• Angie Thomas
• Jason Reynolds
• Alan Gratz

10. Isabel trades her trumpet for 2 very large cans of gas. This action allows her to:

• convince the Castillos to take her family with them on their small boat
• bribe the police officers so they won't try to arrest her father
• fill the gas tank of a neighbors car so her father can leave Havana before the police come to his house
• trade the gas with her neighbors so she can get more food for her family