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Refugee

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct definition for Refugee?

a)

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

b)

Someone trying to escape for religious persecution

c)

A person who has a war going on where they live which causes them to leave

d)

All of the above

2.

Josef is from what country?

a)

Israel

b)

Palestine

c)

Germany

d)

Syria

3.

Isabel left Cuba to head to where?

a)

Haiti

b)

Germany

c)

Syria

d)

United States

4.

Syria is in what part of the world?

a)

Africa

b)

Middle East

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

5.

Which character has fallen into a depression due to the trauma witnessed?

a)

Ivan

b)

Isabel

c)

Josef

d)

Waleed

6.

What year did Josef's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1939

c)

1994

d)

1964

7.

What year did Isabel's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1939

c)

1994

d)

1964

8.

What year did Mahmoud's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1929

c)

1994

d)

1964

9.

What is the destination that Mahmoud and his family are trying to get to?

a)

Lebanon

b)

Turkey

c)

United States of America

d)

Germany

10.

In the beginning Mahmoud refers to himself as __________________.

a)

popular

b)

shy

c)

invisible

d)

rich

11.

Why does Isabel need to leave her country?

a)

she was being bullied by 2 girls at school

b)

her mother ran out of food

c)

her house was bombed

d)

a policeman threatened to arrest her father and keep him in jail for rioting

12.

"Look! I found a bit of dead fish on the beach for the cat." Isabel recoiled at the smell, but the kitten came running back, eating greedily from Ivan's hand.

The word recoiled means...

a)

seemed immortal

b)

felt famished

c)

tastes appalling

d)

flinched back in disgust

13.

What did Mahmoud's family use to navigate as they lft Syria?

a)

IPhone

b)

Samsung Phone

c)

Road Map

d)

Car's Navigation System

14.

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 to the Castillo home

b)

a sign with Fidel Castro's face

c)

flamingo pool floats

d)

empty oil barrels

15.

Who jumped off the MS St. Louis?

a)

Josef

b)

Ivan

c)

Mahmoud

d)

Aaron

16.

What did Isabel trade to get gasoline for the trip norte?

a)

trumpet

b)

trombone

c)

violin

d)

ration book

17.

What did Josef celebrate on the boat?

a)

Passover

b)

New Years Eve

c)

Bar Mitzvah

d)

Hanukkah

18.

What kind of toy did Mahmoud buy to try and cheer up Waleed?

a)

Toy Story

b)

Spiderman

c)

Army Men

d)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

19.

How does Mahmoud save Hana?

a)

gives her to a stranger in a raft

b)

holds her head above water

c)

performs CPR on her

d)

takes his life vest and puts it on her

20.

On the night of Kristallnacht, who was taken form Josef's apartment?

a)

his grandmother

b)

his sister

c)

his father

d)

his uncle

21.

What happened to Isabel's friend Ivan?

a)

he grew up in Miami and became a doctor

b)

he went back to Cuba

c)

he stayed in the Bahamas

d)

he had his leg bitten off by a shark and died

22.

What city was Mahmoud from?

a)

Berlin

b)

Aleppo

c)

Athens

d)

Cairo

23.

What country did Josef's family disembark in?

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Philippines

24.

What does the Spanish word "Manana" mean in English?

a)

Monday

b)

soon

c)

a little while

d)

tomorrow

25.

When Josef, Ruthie and their mother were caught, what was the outcome?

a)

they were all shot

b)

Ruthie was saved

c)

Josef was saved

d)

they were all sent to concentration camps