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Refugee Test - All Chapters

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Waleed is

a)

Ivan's brother

b)

Josef's brother

c)

Mahmoud's brother

d)

Isabel's neighbor

2.

Lito is

a)

Ivan's grandfather

b)

Josef's father

c)

Mahmoud's father

d)

Isabel's grandfather

3.

Which character celebrates his Bar Mitzvah during the story?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

4.

Amara is

a)

Isabel's sister

b)

Isabel's mother

c)

Luis's girlfriend

d)

Senor Castillo's granddaughter

5.

Who said it? "I'm so sorry I made you give Hana away."

a)

Mahmoud's father

b)

Mahmoud

c)

Waleed

6.

Who said it? "No! I don't want my baby to be born in Cuba."

a)

Mahmoud's mother

b)

Isabel's mother

c)

Josef's Mother

7.

Who said it? "You said if I was quiet, if I stood very still,

they wouldn't come for me."

a)

Josef's Father

b)

Josef

c)

Mahmoud

d)

Waleed

8.

Who said it? "I wouldn't live in this awful country even if

it was made of gold!"

a)

Mahmoud

b)

Mahmoud's father

c)

Josef's father

d)

Senor Castillo

9.

What is the name of the ship that Josef on which Josef crosses the Atlantic?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Missouri

c)

St. Paul

d)

St. Nick

10.

Where did Mahmoud's family have to stay waiting for a boat?

a)

In a park

b)

In a crowded hotel

c)

In an abandoned yogurt shop in a mall

d)

Outside a factory

11.

Why does Mahmoud's family leave behind their car before they get to Turkey?

a)

The streets are too chaotic and dangerous to drive.

b)

Their car is taken by soldiers.

c)

They run out of gas on a hill.

d)

It is destroyed during a gunfight between the rebels and the soldiers in the back of their car.

12.

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 from the Castillo's home

b)

empty oil barrels with Russian words on them

c)

a street sign painted with Fidel Castro's face

d)

several flamingo shaped pool floats

13.

What did Otto Schiendick try to do at the funeral of Professor Weil?

a)

Stop the funeral because the professor is Jewish

b)

Cover the body with a Nazi flag before the burial at sea

c)

Burn the body in the boiler room of the ship

d)

Wait until they arrive in Cuba to bury his body

14.

In what year did Isabel's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1939

15.

What year did Mahmoud's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1929

16.

What year did Josef's story take place?

a)

2015

b)

1994

c)

1939

17.

What forced Josef and his family to flee again after returning to Europe?

a)

Hitler came to their house.

b)

The Nazis invaded France.

c)

France made them leave.

d)

They went to Cuba to find their father.

18.

What was Lito's connection to the St.Louis?

a)

Lito was Captain Schroder

b)

Lito was a waiter on the St.Louis

c)

Lito was Officer Padron.

d)

Lito was Josef's grandpa.

19.

Who arrived at the refugee camp in Hungary to observe the conditions?

a)

The Red Cross

b)

President Roosevelt

c)

The United Nations

d)

The Serbian Police

20.

What does Josef's mom hide in the kids' coats?

a)

Money

b)

Diamonds

c)

Food

d)

Ruthie's stuffed animal

21.

What song did Isabel play at band tryouts?

a)

Castaways

b)

America The Beautiful

c)

Star-Spangled Banner

d)

Salsa

22.

Who is Mahmoud's host family?

a)

Phineas and Ferb

b)

Mary Poppins

c)

Ruthie (Josef's Sister)

d)

The family who has Hana

23.
What happened to Josef after the Nazis caught him, Ruthie, and his mother?
a)
His mother saved him. 
b)
He moved to the USA.
c)
He died in a concentration camp.
d)
He went to Cuba to find his dad.
24.

What did the new American policy "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" mean for Isabel and her family?

a)

Isabel's family had to have dry feet if they wanted automatic American citizenship.

b)

Isabel's family had to be on American soil/land in order to be granted special refugee status

c)

If Isabel's family were caught in the water by American Coast Guard, they would be taken back to Cuba to prision.

d)

If Isabel's family were able to get on the beach of Florida then they would automatically become refugees until Castro was out of power.

25.

Who died at sea?

a)

Mahmoud's father

b)

Waleed

c)

Ivan

d)

Luis