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Refugee Comprehension Quiz Chapters 21-30

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False

Mahmoud becomes so sick of having nowhere to stay that he runs into the street to stop cars and ask them for help.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The night the boat finally arrived, Mahmoud's family had been sleeping:

a)

in an abandoned yogurt shop

b)

in an abandoned travel agency

c)

in the office of a car dealership

d)

nowhere yet

3.

The word manana means ________________

a)

today

b)

yesterday

c)

tomorrow

d)

Monday

4.

True or False

Josef's father has been acting like an adult and the head of the family.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

In the chaos of the churning waves on the way to Miami _______ fell overboard.

a)

the life jackets

b)

the medicine

c)

their compass

d)

Amara

6.

After Isabel's family survived the tanker, a ______ is now coming.

a)

storm

b)

tornado

c)

earthquake

d)

ferry boat

7.

While on the sea, Mahmoud and the refugees need to watch out for:

a)

lightening

b)

thunder

c)

the Coast Guard

d)

jellyfish

8.

True or False

Mahmoud's father said they should turn around and go back to Turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Out of all that was broken, the only thing Josef was worried about fixing was ________.

a)

Waleed

b)

his family

c)

his mother's perfume bottle

d)

the mirror

10.

Isabel compares her life to a ________.

a)

symphony

b)

catastrophe

c)

opera

d)

mistake

11.

True or False

Isabel's grandmother died during a natural disaster in Cuba.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

As Mahmoud and family are in the water, struggling for their lives, they discover that the life jackets are _________.

a)

working well

b)

brand new

c)

fake

d)

plastic

13.

After Mahmoud's boat goes down, who is the only family member in a boat?

a)

Mahmoud

b)

Hana

c)

Waleed

d)

Mama

14.

True or False

During the commotion of Josef's Papa, mother thinks of the idea to give Papa draught to help him sleep, and it works well for him.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Mark all that apply.

Josef's father did what?

a)

Barricaded their cabin door.

b)

Took the sleeping draught.

c)

Jumped overboard.

d)

Ran away from the cabin.

16.

In order to help the families in the boat, the tourists gave which items to the families? (mark all that apply)

a)

medicine

b)

food

c)

life jackets

d)

water

17.

True or False

Isabel's mother decided to stay in the Bahamas for medical attention.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Mahmoud finds a ________ on a man who has perished.

a)

wallet with money

b)

flashlight

c)

life jacket

d)

container with medicine

19.

Mahmoud fought to keep _____, _______, and _______ alive after their boat went down.

a)

father

b)

Hana

c)

mother

d)

himself

20.

Ruthie's stuffed toy is named _____.

a)

Betsy

b)

Bitsy

c)

Bootsy

d)

Bessie