WorksheetsRefugee Chunks 1- 2 (pgs 1-109)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What did Ruthie see for the first time on board the ship?
movie
cartoon
crystal glasses
badminton
How many Jewish passengers were on board the St. Louis?
300
672
512
908
What is a bar mitzvah?
ceremony for a Jewish boy to become a man
route crossing a country border
dresses for women in Turkey
the hidden heartbeat of the people
Why did the two police officers run toward the Castillo's boat?
to arrest Isabel's father
to steal the gasoline
to get on the boat with them
to cheer them on
What dangerous question did the four soldiers ask Mahmoud's dad?
Why don't you fight the tyrant Assad?
Are you going to Turkey?
Where are you going?
Which side do you support?
What kind of car did Mahmoud's dad drive?
BMW sports car
Mercedes station wagon
Dodge caravan
Chevy Suburban
What game did Mahmoud's father joke about playing on his iphone?
candy crush
angry birds
among us
tetris
What were the three greatest failures of the Cuban Revolution, according to the people on Isabel's boat?
education, public health, and sports
government, education, and business
breakfast, lunch, and dinner
morning, noon, and night
What did Isabel's father tell Senor Castillo he wanted to do when he got to America?
play baseball
go shopping
eat like a king
be free
What did Mahmoud did out of the cardboard box of used toys?
a teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
a My little pony
a hot wheels sports car
a cabbage patch doll
What song was the unofficial national anthem of Germany?
The Horst Wessel Song
The Nuremburg Song
Der Sturmer Song
The Schiendick Song
What was Isabel and Ivan's task in the boat?
to pour seawater over the engine
to scoop out water from the bottom of the boat
to fan the adults from the heat
to play music to comfort the passengers
What did Isabel always assume would come to her eventually?
her trumpet would be returned
her grandfather's brother who left in the airlifts
things would get better despite the hardship
that the rhythm of her homeland would one day whisper secrets to her soul
Whom did Mahmoud's father hire to take them to the boat?
a Syrian soldier
a Syrian refugee
a Turkish smuggler
a Turkish kuru
What place did the Syrian boy take Mahmoud's family to stay for the night?
a park
a garden
a circus tent
a mall
Why did the Nazis take Josef's father into custody?
he got on the boat without a ticket
he practiced law when it was forbidden
he escaped the concentration camp
What did Ivan first tell Isabel he and his father were building?
a doghouse
a shed
a boat
What kind of Muslim was Mahmoud?
khalid
shia
sunni
What was Mahmoud's trick to survival?
to be invisible
to hide behind walls
to confront bullies
Where was the ship taking Josef and his family?
Hamburg
Cuba
Berlin
What nickname did Isabel's grandfather give her?
Mami
Lito
Chabela
What was the name of the ship that would take Josef to a new life?
MS Havana
MS Castillo
MS St. Louis
What did Isabel trade for gas?
kitten
trumpet
television
Where were Mahmoud's family going to escape to?
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Isabel was listening for the clave. What was the "clave?"
a mysterious hidden beat in Cuban music
the irregular heartbeat of Cuban natives
the crash of waves on the seawall
Which word best describes Waleed?
mummy
robot
target
What city did Mahmoud and his family live in?
Aleppo
Syria
Daraa
What did Josef tell the concession stand man he wanted to be when he grew up?
a journalist
a policeman
a lawyer
What did Germans call the night that Josef's father was taken away?
Sturmabteilung
Dachau
Kristallnacht
What did Isabel's father do to make the policeman angry?
beat the officer with a nightstick
throw a bottle at the police line
climbed onto the hood of a police car
