Refugee Novel

Match the correct quote OR description to the right character.

SENOR CASTILLO

• “Hey, at least we know we’re on the right track… The right track.  Get it?”

• “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

• “When we were talking that first night, everybody was telling each other what they wanted to do when we got to the US… but I never said.  I wanted to open a restaurant with my sons.”

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Match the correct quote OR description to the right character.

MAHMOUD'S MOTHER (FATIMA)

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam...

• “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

• “I have to go.  We’re building…a doghouse.”

•  “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

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Why did Alan Gratz most likely write Refugee?

• To show how teenagers deal with stress

• To show what true refugees across the world, and time periods, go through.

• To entertain readers

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Who comes into Josef's house to take away his father?

• Hitler Nazi Youth

• Adolf Hitler's "Storm Troopers"

• Syrian Rebels

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Why does Aaron Landau want to attend the funeral on the ship?

• because he missed his son's Bar Mitvah

• Because he wants to make sure everyone behaves

• because he saw so many men die without funerals at Dachau.

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What does Mahmoud do after they are forced to leave the mall?

• He runs away crying?

• He flags down a car to help them

• He goes to the boat

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Why didn't the other refugee boat accept Mahmoud and his family?

• they didn't see them

• they tried, but were unsuccessful

• they did, they took their whole family

• they didn't have enough space

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What city is Josef's family trying to gain entrance?

• Havana

• Lespos

• Miami

• Cuba

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What did Mahmoud's father buy from the smugglers?

• phone chargers

• life jackets

• plastic bags for phones

• phone batteries

Which character in 'Refugee' is known for wanting to open a restaurant with his sons?

• Senor Castillo

• Mahmoud's Father

• Josef's Father

• Isabel's Father

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