Refugee Ch 1-3

Josef's home was broken into by

• thieves looking for cash

• Nazis who came to warn them

• Nazis who take his father away

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

“The Brownshirt ignored Papa and nodded at the other men. Two of the Nazis yanked Josef’s father to his feet and dragged him toward the door.” Choose two words from this sentence that best show the violent way the Nazis treated Josef’s family.

• Yanked

• Dragged

• Ignored

• Nodded

On page 5, Alan Gratz writes, “Mama spent weeks going from one government office to another, trying to find out where her husband was and how to get him back.” Why do you think no one helped her?

• She was Jewish.

• The offices were closed.

• She didn’t have the right paperwork.

• They did not have the Internet to search for him.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Josef's family has to

• leave their country

• register with the government

• find another apartment

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In Chapter 2, the author uses a description of a cat to show what life was like in Cuba. Choose two details from the text that best describes what life was like in Cuba.

• “The cat was hungry, just like everyone else in Cuba, and its belly quickly won out over its fear” (7).

• “The kitten wasn’t too different from her, Isabel realized: thin, hungry, and in need of a bath” (7).

• “She needs a name, Ivan said” (9).

• “It took only two tries to get the scrawny calico kitten to come out from under the pink cinderblock house” (7).

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.7.1

The text says, “If you were caught trying to leave for el norte by boat, Castro would throw you in jail” (10). Which detail best shows why people were willing to risk it in order to escape?

• “All the cows and pigs and sheep had been eaten” (10).

• “Without Russia’s gas, they couldn’t run the tractors to change the fields over to food, and without the extra food, the Cuban people began to starve” (10).

• “People broke into the Havana Zoo” (10).

• “Most of the farms in Cuba grew only sugarcane” (10).

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

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Isabel is worried about Ivan because

• he is building a boat

• he doesn't have enough food

• his baseball dreams may not come true

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mahmoud mostly prefers to

• act friendly

• be responsible

• blend in

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail from the text best shows why Mahmoud wants to be invisible?

• “If the bullies didn’t notice you, they didn’t hit you” (17).

• “Khalid never answered another question in class, not even when the teacher called on him directly” (17).

• “From that day forward, Mahmoud and Khalid were marked” (17).

• “It was nothing they ever said to each other” (17).

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

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CCSS.RL.7.1

To get home from school, Mahmoud and Waleed

• take a long bus ride

• walk a different route every day

• walk the same route every day

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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