Refugee Quiz #3

In the passage about Isabel, what event does Isabel recall while bailing water from the boat?

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  Her first day of school in Cuba.

• The day her family celebrated her tenth birthday.

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  The last time she saw her grandmother being swept away by a storm.

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  A happy memory of her grandfather teaching her to play the trumpet.

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According to the passage, what detail indicates the life preservers Waleed and Mahmoud's father were using were ineffective?

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  They were too small for adults.

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  They were old and damaged.

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  They were fake.

• They were designed for children.

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In Mahmoud's narrative, what detail from the text indicates the time of night when the dinghy capsized?

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  The glowing phone screen said 2:32 a.m

• Mahmoud remembers his father always liked to go fishing at night.

• The moon was at its highest point in the sky.

• The stars were particularly bright that night.

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In the passage about Isabel, what does Lito mean when he says, 'That was her song's end, but ours plays on'?

• He is referring to the end of their journey at sea.

• He is acknowledging the death of Isabel's grandmother but encouraging Isabel to continue living.

• He is talking about the storm ending and their lives continuing.

• He is talking about the end of their troubles.

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What detail from the text demonstrates the lack of empathy from the people in the passing dinghy towards Mahmoud and his family?

• The fact that they were also refugees fleeing from danger

• The man on the dinghy offered to call the Coast Guard.

• The woman on the dinghy reached for the baby

• The people yelling that there was no room and trying to pry Mahmoud's hands off the dinghy

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4. According to the text, what specific action were Isabel and the others undertaking to try and save their boat?

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What is the significance of the cell phone Mahmoud finds floating in the water?

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