Refugee (Chapters 13 - 15)

Which word best describes the author's tone?

• gloomy

• tense

• outraged

• bitter

Which word best describes Josef as he listens to the stewards?

• defeated

• hopeful

• shocked

• relaxed

Which three phrases/words best summarize Chapters 13-15?

• terrified Papa, Castro’s face, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

• bathroom pranks, dancing in the boat, thousands of refugees

• happy bar mitzvah to shocking news, traveling over the sea, getting into Turkey

• reciting the blessing, Lito’s compliments for Amara, traveling circus

Read this passage from Chapter 15. Click on the 3 types of figurative language the passage contains.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• repetition

• simile

Write a SWBST (someone wanted but so then) statement to summarize a main event in Chapter 15 - Mahmoud’s story.

Match the missing effect for each cause.

• Josef goes to tell the stewards...

• The documents are not lost so they are able to get into Turkey.

• Senor Castillo needs...

• He learns 2 ships of refugees are heading to Cuba, and that Cuba might not let them all in.

• Mahmoud's dad places...

• Fidel Castro rides with the group from Cuba to Florida.

Read this passage from Chapter 13:

There were many hands to shake and many congratulations after the ceremony, but it was all a blur to Josef. He felt like he was walking in a dream.

The author used this simile to ---.

• express Josef’s emotional state

• explain the details of the story

• show what Papa was missing

• reflect on the day’s events

What is the main conflict in Chapter 14 - Isabel’s story?

• The travelers need to get to America

• The motor dies

• The bullet hole causes a leak

• Lito flirts with Amara

According to Josef, having a bar mitzvah did not make him a man. What did make him a man?

• Taking care of his father.

• Working.

• Pranking Renata and Evelyne.

• Being responsible.

The text says, when Josef saw a portrait of Hitler, his veins "ran with ice" this is hyperbole showing --

• he is cold, angry

• he is cold, excited

• he is cold, literally

• he is cold, because he's dead