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Refugee Chunk 1 (pgs 1-55)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the Nazis take Josef's father into custody?

a)

he got on the boat without a ticket

b)

he practiced law when it was forbidden

c)

he escaped the concentration camp

2.

What did Ivan first tell Isabel he and his father were building?

a)

a doghouse

b)

a shed

c)

a boat

3.

What kind of Muslim was Mahmoud?

a)

khalid

b)

shia

c)

sunni

4.

What was Mahmoud's trick to survival?

a)

to be invisible

b)

to hide behind walls

c)

to confront bullies

5.

Where was the ship taking Josef and his family?

a)

Hamburg

b)

Cuba

c)

Berlin

6.

What nickname did Isabel's grandfather give her?

a)

Mami

b)

Lito

c)

Chabela

7.

What was the name of the ship that would take Josef to a new life?

a)

MS Havana

b)

MS Castillo

c)

MS St. Louis

8.

What did Isabel trade for gas?

a)

kitten

b)

trumpet

c)

television

9.

Where were Mahmoud's family going to escape to?

a)

Austria

b)

Hungary

c)

Germany

10.

Isabel was listening for the clave. What was the "clave?"

a)

a mysterious hidden beat in Cuban music

b)

the irregular heartbeat of Cuban natives

c)

the crash of waves on the seawall

11.

Which word best describes Waleed?

a)

mummy

b)

robot

c)

target

12.

What city did Mahmoud and his family live in?

a)

Aleppo

b)

Syria

c)

Daraa

13.

What did Josef tell the concession stand man he wanted to be when he grew up?

a)

a journalist

b)

a policeman

c)

a lawyer

14.

What did Germans call the night that Josef's father was taken away?

a)

Sturmabteilung

b)

Dachau

c)

Kristallnacht

15.

What did Isabel's father do to make the policeman angry?

a)

beat the officer with a nightstick

b)

throw a bottle at the police line

c)

climbed onto the hood of a police car