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WorksheetsRefugee Week 6 Ch. 43-53
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Where does Mami have the baby?
In the Bahamas
In Miami
On the dinghy
On the Coast Guard vessel
Why does Lito jump out of the dinghy and swim away from the Coast Guard?
He wants to distract the Coast Guard, so his family can reach the Florida shore.
He is trying to escape the sinking boat.
He wants be rescued by the Coast Guard.
The engine isn't working, so he is trying to swim to Florida.
How does Josef plan to stop the ship from taking his family back to Germany?
He goes to the engine room and damages the ship's engine.
He bribes a Cuban policeman to sneak his family into Cuba.
He leads nine other men to the bridge to take over the ship.
He uses a small dinghy on the side of the boat to escape the ship.
Where was Mahmoud and his father taken by the Hungarian soldiers?
back to Serbia
to a hospital
to an immigration detention center
to a place to get clean clothes and food
Who did Mahmoud find in a cell near him?
Hana
Waleed
Fatima
Both Fatima and Waleed
What happened when Youssef tells the Hungarian officer that he does not want asylum in Hungary?
The guards convince him to stay in Hungary.
The guards tell him he will be sent back to Serbia.
The guards escort him and Mahmoud to Austria.
He is arrested.
What do Belgium, Holland, France, and England agree to do?
Arrest Schiendick
return the refugees to Germany
offer the refugees asylum
Give supplies to the MS St. Louis
One of the passengers reads the following brochure advertising traveling on the MS St Louis, "The St. Louis is a ship on which everyone travels securely, and lives in comfort. there is everything one can wish for that makes life on board a pleasure! We hope you'll want to travel on the St. Louis again and again!"
Which literary device is used?
simile
irony
malapropism
euphemism
When one of the passengers says, "June twenty-first. That's exactly forty days and forty nights on a boat" this is an example of....
an allusion
a metaphor
a simile
irony
Why is Josef upset once he settles in France?
He wanted to live in Belgium.
He was embarrassed because he was put in the first grade.
He wanted to go home.
He had to get a job.
What did Lito tell Isabel before he jumped from the boat?
He had been a Cuban policeman and did not help the Jews.
He didn't want to go to America.
He had helped save 900 Jewish people from the Nazis.
He wanted to take a swim.
"tossing sandwiches into the crowd like zookeepers throwing food to the animals in a cage" is an example of...
a metaphor
irony
a simile
an allusion
While at the refugee camp, Mahmoud decides it is better to be...
visible
invisible
hungarian
alone
When the German guards caught up to Josef, Rachel, and Ruthie, what did they try to make Rachel choose?
which child to leave and which one to take with her to a concentration camp
how much money to give them to buy her family's freedom
to go to Switzerland or Great Britain
to leave her kids and go alone with the soldiers
What did they name Isabel's baby brother?
Ivan
Lito
Josef
Mariano
How does Mr. Castillo return the favor to Isabel for saving him from drowning?
He gives her the boat.
He helped Isabel pull the boat to shore.
He gave her food.
He gave her Ivan's hat.
Why did Isabel hold up Little Mariano into the air?
so the Americans could see him
to give him back to Mami
so that Lito could see him
to keep the sand off of him
What do the words "their wet feet became dry feet" mean...
They would be given asylum by the US.
The American gave them towels.
The Coast Guard was taking them back to Cuba.
The sand dried their feet.
How long does Google Maps show it will take Mahmoud and his family to walk to Austria?
3 hours
2 days
12 hours
1 day
What did Uncle Guillermo give Isabel?
a kitten
new clothes
a trumpet
a violin
What song did Isabel play on her new trumpet?
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
"America the Beautiful?
"God Bless America"
a Cuban salsa
Which country gave Mahmoud asylum?
Hungary
Turkey
Austria
Germany
What was name of the elderly lady who let Mahmoud's family live with her in Germany?
Rachel
Ruthie
Isabel
Renatta
Who made the decision that Ruthie would be left in the French forest, and Josef would go to the concentration camp with Rachel
The Nazi soldier
the old French lady
Rachel
Josef
What word means a person who rebels or refuses to obey a person in authority?
mutineer
parasite
United Nations
piracy
What word means to rob or attack ships as sea?
frantic
piracy
exposed
flourish
What word means to emit a sharp, clear, ringing sound?
tinged
frantic
disembark
distraught
What words means unfocused or filmy?
frantic
distraught
bleary
tinged
What word means an organism that lives in or on an organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense?
United Nations
parasite
disembark
Holocaust
What word means to leave a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle?
erode
arrive
disembark
remove
What word means deeply upset or agitated?
flail
excited
distraught
giddy
What word means destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially by fire or nuclear war?
Holocaust
sacrifice
invisible
engulf
What word means an international organization founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and security?
Holocaust
Nazi
United Nations
Nuremberg
What word means wild with fear, anxiety, or other emotion?
disappointed
sad
exposed
frantic
What word means not covered or hidden?
obscured
bleary
exposed
enveloped
What word means grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way?
flourish
exposed
distraught
tinged
What question means stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave
disembark
distraught
flourish
lingered
