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Refugee 4-6

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following in an example of Onomatopoeia?

a)

Crash! Bang!

b)

Someone was in the house!

c)

"Mama" cried Josef "Papa"

2.

"Its tummy purred like an outboard motor" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

3.

"trying to hear the heartbeat of Cuba" is what type of figurative language?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Pun

c)

Hyperbole

4.

"heart in his throat" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Pun

5.

What inference can be drawn from the following sentence?

"Don't be so quick to grow up boy," the Brownshirt told Josef. "We'll come for you next."

a)

The Nazi's want Josef to join the Hitler Youth

b)

Josef and his family are not wanted in Germany anymore

c)

Josef misses his childhood

6.

What purpose does this line serve in the passage?

"It was easier to stay invisible"

a)

To describe how super powers make kids feel special

b)

to describe how Muhammad feels about living in Syria.

c)

To inform the reader about the political crisis in Syria

7.

What purpose does this line serve in the passage?

-Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he'd seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any emotion whatsoever.-

a)

To explain how the war has effected his younger brother

b)

To explain how watching tv all day has effected his younger brother

c)

To explain why it is important for young children to express their emotions

8.

What inference can be drawn from the sentence?

-Josef could barely walk. His legs were like lead, and his eyes lost their focus.-

a)

Josef is very tired

b)

Josef is very scared

c)

Josef is very excited

9.

What was the effect of Kristallnaught (the Night of Broken Glass) on Josef and his family?

a)

The event did not have any effect on them

b)

They felt like valued citizens

c)

They were not wanted in Germany anymore

10.

Why were the people of Cuba starving?

a)

They had experience a bad drought

b)

They had a communist economy

c)

They had to close all the farms and factories

11.

Mahmoud wants to be invisible. This was caused by what experience?

a)

He is afraid of his parents

b)

He struggles in school

c)

A beating he received from older boys

12.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?

-Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps.-

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

13.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?

-but they still looked grand to Isabel-

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

14.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?

-It made his little brother look like a robot.-

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

15.

Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?

-The old city, at the heart of Aleppo, was built in the 12th century.-

a)

Fact

b)

Opinion

16.

What do the subheadings of each chapter tell the reader?

a)

Hold old the character is

b)

Where and when the story is taking place

c)

What day of the week it is

17.

Each characters story is told by using what pattern?

a)

cause and effect

b)

chronological order

c)

compare and contrast

18.

Why does the author tell the stories of 3 different children from different time periods and places?

a)

To compare and contrast the different experiences of refugees

b)

To show how problems always have solutions

c)

To inform the reader about current events