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Refugee by Alan Gratz

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Josef is a Jewish boy from what country?
a)
Isreal
b)
Palestine
c)
Germany
d)
Syria
2.

What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

a)

Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster.

b)

A person who has a war going on where they live.

c)

Someone trying to escape for religious persecution.

d)

All of the above.

3.
Isabel, one of the protagonist in the story, is trying to get to the United States from where?
a)
Haiti
b)
Cuba
c)
Puerto Rico
d)
Dominican Republic
4.

Syria is in what part of the world?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Middle East (Western Asia)

d)

America

5.

In Josef's story, he loses his best friend. How?

a)

moves away

b)

Hitler Youth

c)

school yard fight

d)

artillery attack

6.

Which main character lives in Nazi Germany in 1938?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

7.

Which main character is from Cuba in 1994?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

8.

Which main character is from Syria in 2015?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

9.

What is Isabel's friend Ivan and his family doing in secret?

a)

hosting neighborhood meetings at their home

b)

giving medicine to friends

c)

building a raft

10.

What does Josef do on the train that gets him into trouble?

a)

He tells the conductor that he is Jewish.

b)

He takes off his armband of the Jewish star.

c)

He has a fit and breaks everything in sight.

11.

Since Josef's family can not get into the US, they are headed to....

a)

Cuba

b)

England

c)

Syria

12.

Why did Mahmoud leave Syria?

a)

The weather was bad

b)

There is a war

c)

His dad lost his job

13.
Refugees are people who...
a)
Are paid to move to a new city
b)
decide to move in search of work or more opportunities
c)
are forced to move because of violence or persecution
d)
don't need to leave their home
14.

Which character has a 10 year old brother named Waleed?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

15.

Which character is very skinny due to hunger, has a cat, and plays the trumpet?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

16.

Which character jumped in front of a policeman who was trying to hit her father (Papi)?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

17.

Whose apartment was hit by a missile?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

18.

How had Josef's father changed after he was arrested?

a)

He was much nicer to his family.

b)

He had gained wait while in the concentration camp.

c)

He was very thin, had a shaved head, and acted scared.

19.

Joseph's family is taking a ship called MS St. Louis to Cuba.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What did Isabel trade to get gasoline?

a)

her trumpet

b)

a necklace

c)

medicine

21.

Mahmoud's entire family survived the missile strike and are trying to leave Syria?

a)

True

b)

False

22.

What do Josef, Ruthie, and their new friends do on the St. Louis?

a)

Cry because they miss their homes

b)

Play tricks on others on the ship

c)

Lean over the rail and almost fall off the ship

23.

What happened to Mahmoud's family as they tried to leave Syria?

a)

They made friends with another family and followed each other.

b)

Mahmoud's father was shot and killed.

c)

Their car was hit by so much gunfire that they had to leave it.

24.

Who did not attend Josef's bar mitzvah on the ship?

a)

Ruthie

b)

Jesef's mom

c)

Josef's dad

25.

What belongings do Mahmoud's family have with them?

a)

1 change of clothes & a tent

b)

money, papers, 2 phones, 2 phone chargers

c)

a first aid kit and blankets

26.

When Josef was on a tour of the St. Louis, what did Schiendick call the kids?

a)

Jewish rats

b)

ugly pickles

c)

kind children

27.

Does Lito (isabel's grandfather) have any family in Florida?

a)

No, he lied and said that he did.

b)

Yes, a brother named Guillermo

28.

What did Josef do so that his father would stop acting crazy before the doctor reached them?

a)

He was so embarrassed that he left.

b)

He slapped his father across the face.

c)

He prayed with his mom and Ruthie.

29.

Who saved Senor Castillo from drowning?

a)

Ivan

b)

Luis

c)

Isabella

30.

Why did Schiendick and the 2 Nazi fireman come to Josef's room?

a)

to destroy the room because Josef's dad tried to spit on Schiendick

b)

to try to sit calmly with Josef's family and talk about getting along

c)

They put a bomb in Josef's room.

31.

What happened when a boat passed by Mahmoud's family while they were in the ocean?

a)

The boat hit Waleed and he was sent flying.

b)

Dad and Waleed grabbed onto the passing boat.

c)

Mahmoud and his mom grabbed onto the passing boat.

32.

Why couldn't Josef's mom help him with the dad?

a)

She was too angry to help Josef.

b)

She drank the sleeping medicine that she wanted to bring to her husband.

c)

She won't stop crying.

33.
Mahmoud, one of the protagonist, is being forced out of his home because of what?
a)
Genocide
b)
Aliens
c)
Civil War
d)
A Depression
34.
What is the destination Mahmoud and his family are trying to get to?
a)
Lebannon
b)
Turkey
c)
United States of America
d)
Germany
35.

What is the name of the ship that Josef is on?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Missouri

c)

St. Paul

d)

St. Nick

36.

Why were they slowing the ship down that Josef was on?

a)

They were running out of fuel

b)

There was a tanker headed towards them

c)

Someone had accidentally fallen overboard

d)

Someone had died

37.

Lito told Isabel that he had family in Miami. Who is this person?

a)

Wife, Chabella

b)

Brother, Guillermo

c)

Sister, Francis

d)

Son, Mariel

38.

Where did Mahmoud's family have to stay waiting for a boat?

a)

Park

b)

Hotel

c)

Mall

d)

Outside

39.

Who had fallen into the water from Isabel's boat?

a)

Senor Castillo

b)

Ivan

c)

Mami

d)

Luis

40.

What does the saying, "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning." mean?

a)

It would be a beautiful sunset for 3 days

b)

It was raining

c)

Calm Seas are ahead

d)

A storm is coming

41.

Isabel was suddenly awaken from what after saving Senor Castillo?

a)

A dream of a giant monster coming for her

b)

The sound of another boat

c)

A huge wave that rocked the boat

d)

Thunderstorm in the distance

42.

Why does Mahmoud's family leave behind their car before they get to Turkey?

a)

The streets are too chaotic and dangerous to drive

b)

Their car is taken by soldiers

c)

They run out of gas

d)

It is destroyed during a gunfight between the rebels and the soldiers.

43.

What has Ivan's family used as the material for the bottom of the boat? (The family finds this kind of funny)

a)

a door from the Castillo's home

b)

empty oil barrels with Russian words on them

c)

a street sign painted with Fidel Castro's face

d)

several flamingo shaped pool floats

44.

What important event does Joseph celebrate during the first part of their journey on the ship?

a)

his bat mitzvah

b)

his sweet sixteen party

c)

his first communion

d)

his bar mitzvah

45.

What does Otto Schiendick try to do at the funeral to the body of Professor Wells

a)

he wants to stop the funeral because the professor is Jewish

b)

he wants the body to be covered with a Nazi flag before it is buried at sea

c)

he wants to burn the body in the boiler room of the ship

d)

he wants to wait until they arrive in Cuba to bury his body

46.

What happened to Isabel's grandfather?

a)

He made it to Miami with the rest of the family.

b)

He stayed behind in Cuba from the beginning.

c)

He distracted the Coast Guard by jumping into the water and then got sent back to Cuba.

47.

What year did Isabel's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1939

48.

What year did Mahmoud's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1929

49.

What year did Josef's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1939

50.

Which character trait solely belongs to Mahmoud?

a)

kindness

b)

bravery

c)

making himself invisible

d)

selfless

51.

The theme across all 3 stories is ...

a)

fear

b)

desperation

c)

determination

d)

betrayal

52.
Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
The girl could smell the fresh lavender as she glided through the beautiful garden of delicate flowers. 
a)
Imagery
b)
Idiom
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Onomatopoeia
53.

“Mahmoud felt gutted. It was all his fault.”


What does the word gutted mean in this quote?

a)

happy

b)

upset

c)

uneasy

d)

guilty

54.

Which quote from the book best explains how Mahmoud’s mother is upset?

a)

“My Hana is gone.”

b)

“I gave my baby to a stranger,” Mahmoud’s mother howled.

c)

“She lay back in the water, her face to the sky, and sobbed.”

d)

“She’s safe now,“ Mahmoud told her. “Hana is out of the water.”

55.

“Fight against the impossible and win, Isabel told herself.”


This phrase gives Isabel a sense of ______?

a)

Hope

b)

Cautiousness

c)

Anger

d)

Excitement

56.
Where were Mahmoud and his family taken?
a)
Prison
b)
Immigration Retention Center
c)
Serbia
d)
Austria
57.
What did Captain Schroeder promise to do if Josef and the others tried to take over the ship again?
a)
He promised to arrest them. 
b)
He promised to send them back to Germany. 
c)
He promised to shoot them. 
d)
He promised to throw them overboard.
58.
What forces Josef and his family to flee again?
a)
Hitler came to their house.
b)
The Nazis invaded France.
c)
France kicked them out. 
d)
They went to Cuba to find their father. 
59.
What's Lito's connection to the St.Louis?
a)
Lito was Captain Schroder
b)
Lito was a waiter on the St.Louis
c)
Lito is Officer Padron. 
d)
Lito was Josef's grandpa. 
60.
What workers come to the refugee camp in Hungary to observe the conditions?
a)
The Red Cross
b)
President Roosevelt
c)
The United Nations
d)
The Serbian Police
61.
What does Josef's mom hide in the kids' coats?
a)
Money
b)
Diamonds 
c)
Food
d)
Jewels
62.
What is Isabel's little brother's name?
a)
Mariano
b)
Lito
c)
Leonardo
d)
Raphael 
63.
What's the first thing Mahmoud and the marcheres do when they reach Austria?
a)
sleep
b)
eat
c)
pray
d)
cry
64.
What song does Isabel play at band try-outs?
a)
Rumba
b)
America The Beautiful
c)
Star-Spangled Banner
d)
Salsa
65.
Who is Mahmoud's host family?
a)
Queen Elizabeth
b)
Mary Poppins
c)
Ruthie (Josef's Sister)
d)
The family who has Hana
66.
How do the Hungarian soldiers treat Mahmoud and his family?
a)
Like animals
b)
Like party guests
c)
Like family
d)
Like royalty
67.
Which 4 countries accept the Jewish refugees from the MS St.Louis?
I. USA
II.Great Britain
III.France
IV.Belgium 
V. Holland
a)
I, II, III
b)
I, II, IV
c)
II, III, IV,V
d)
I, IV, II
68.
Where was baby Mariano born?
a)
el norte
b)
Cuba
c)
in the raft
d)
on the beach
69.
What happened to Josef after the Nazis caught him, Ruthie, and his mother?
a)
His mother saved him. 
b)
He moved to the USA.
c)
He died in a concentration camp.
d)
He went to Cuba to find his dad.
70.
Where were Josef, Ruthie, and his mother hiding right before the Nazis found them?
a)
A church
b)
A schoolhouse
c)
An abandoned house
d)
A shed
71.
Who wrote this book?
a)
Alan Gratz
b)
JK Rowling
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Jerry Spenlli
72.

What event motivates Josef to slap his father?

a)

his father is falling asleep during a ceremony

b)

his father is dumping out their suitcases

c)

his father is panicking before a medical examination

d)

his father can't wake up from a nightmare

73.

After leaving her husband in Cuba, Josef's mother suddenly wants to dance all day long. How does she explain this change?

a)

She wants to make the most out of every day that she can

b)

She believes that dancing can keep one's problems away

c)

She has a need to move, since she's been still for so long

d)

She wants to get dressed up and celebrate going to the U.S.

74.

Policemen shoot at Isabel's boat when it's leaving Cuba because

a)

it's against the law to leave Cuba on a dinghy

b)

Pap is wanted by the government

c)

Senor Castillo had not registered the boat

d)

Luis and Amara weren't allowed to leave Cuba

75.

The author reveals a connection between Isabel's story and Josef's story when

a)

Isabel plays "The Star Spangled Banner" for Lito

b)

Lito explains his time as a policeman in Cuba

c)

Papi fears they will be taken to Guantanamo

d)

Evelyn and Renata are allowed to stay in Cuba

76.

Mahmoud's father undergoes a change in his personality after

a)

a taxi driver points a gun straight at him

b)

the dinghy explodes when it hits the rocks

c)

they have to move on and leave Hana behind

d)

he is physically beaten by Hungarian guards

77.

Mahmoud mainly inspires others when he

a)

steps out in traffic to flag a car for help

b)

walks out of the immigration detention center

c)

begs the people on the dinghy to help Hana

d)

prays on the deck of the ferry

78.

What did the new American policy "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" mean for Isabel and her family?

a)

Isabel's family had to have dry feet if they wanted automatic American citizenship.

b)

Isabel's family had to be on American soil/land in order to be granted special refugee status

c)

If Isabel's family were caught in the water by American Coast Guard, they would be taken back to Cuba to prision.

d)

If Isabel's family were able to get on the beach of Florida then they would automatically become refugees until Castro was out of power.

79.

Isabel's father wanted to leave Cuba. Which one is NOT a reason for his wanting to leave?

a)

He wanted freedom from the dictator Castro

b)

He was afraid of the policeman who threatened him in the riot.

c)

Castro was allowing anyone who wanted to leave legally.

d)

He didn't want his son to be born under a dictatorship.

80.

Who dies at sea?

a)

Mahmoud's father

b)

Waleed

c)

Ivan

d)

Luis

81.

Who said this?


"I wouldn't live in this awful country even if it was made of gold"

a)

Mahmoud's father

b)

Ruthie

c)

Josef's father

d)

Mahmoud

82.

Which is not a central theme of the novel?

a)

Friendship is one gift you should not take for granted.

b)

It takes courage to act against injustice and prejudice.

c)

A family's love and closeness helps keep them strong during difficult times.

d)

Refugees must overcome many obstacles to survive.

83.

The novel's closing words are "It felt like home." The author probably chose these words because:

a)

to prove that Mahmoud ends up happy

b)

to emphasize that a home is important to Mahmoud and the other refugees

c)

to emphasize that Mahmoud has been 17 days from home

d)

to provide the reason for Josef's death in the novel

84.

Josef's story:


After leaving her husband in Cuba, Josef's mother suddenly wants to dance all day long. How does she explain this change?

a)

She wants to make the most out of everyday that she can.

b)

She believes that dancing can keep her problems away.

c)

She has a need to move, since she's been still for so long.

d)

She wants to get dressed up and celebrate going to the U.S.

85.

Josef's story:


Near the book's end, the author uses the setting of an old schoolhouse to show that:

a)

Life is good for them temporarily in the village of Vornay.

b)

Ruthie has adjusted to a new life.

c)

Josef and his family are still running from the Nazis.

d)

The Nazis have now occupied all of Denmark and Belgium.

86.

Isabel's story:


From the actions of the tourists in the Bahamas, we can infer that they are:

a)

intelligent and friendly

b)

wealthy and snobby

c)

compassionate and generous

d)

ignorant and judgemental

87.

Isabel's story:


The author reveals a connection between Isabel's story and Josef's story when:

a)

Isabel plays "The Star-Spangled Banner" for Lito.

b)

Lito explains his time as a policeman in Cuba.

c)

Papi fears that they will be taken to Guantanamo.

d)

Evelyn and Renata are allowed to stay in Cuba.