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Refugee Test Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Isabel trades her beloved trumpet for gasoline and a safe haven for the kity

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Josef's father yells at Schiendick and punches him in the face.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Ivan loves the baseball team, The Industriales.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Isabel lost her grandmother during the Storm of the Century.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Mahmoud's father always tries to make jokes to lighten the mood.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Mahmoud's family traveled by foot the entire time they traveled.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Josef celebrates his bar mitzvah on board the St. Louis and his father attends.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Waleed likes Avengers action figures.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The author of Refugee is Alan Gratz.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The destination the Fernandez family orginally wanted to reach was Cuba.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Josef's mother sews ______ into Ruthie's coat to keep them safe.

a)

diamond earrings

b)

money

c)

her wedding ring

d)

their papers

12.

Aaron Landau spends six months at the _____ concentration camp.

a)

Arbeitsdorf

b)

Buchenwald

c)

Dachau

d)

Auschwitz

13.

Luis and Amara's occupations are ________.

a)

Doctors

b)

Police officers

c)

Fireman

d)

Teachers

14.

The Fidel Castro slogan on the bottom of Isabel's boat says ____.

a)

"Fight against the impossible and win"

b)

"Live or Die"

c)

"Do as I say, not as I do"

d)

"Win at all costs"

15.

Mahmoud and his family use an _______ for directions and maps.

a)

GPS

b)

Map

c)

Nintendo DS

d)

iPhone

16.

Mahmoud and his family are held up at gunpoint by a _______.

a)

bus driver

b)

taxi driver

c)

police officer

d)

neighbor

17.

Josef's father's occupation was a _________ before he is taken to a concentration camp.

a)

Doctor

b)

Captain

c)

Lawyer

d)

Field worker

18.

The unofficial US policy for Cuban refugees is called "________."

a)

Stay Home

b)

Wet Foot, Dry Foot

c)

Migration

d)

Immigrant

19.

When Isabel's boat lands in the US, they land in the city of ________.

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Miami

c)

Honolulu

d)

Tampa

20.

What caused Ivan to die?

a)

Bleeding from the shark bite

b)

Being shot by the Coast Guard

c)

Drowning when falling off the boat

d)

The boat sunk while he was on it

21.

Which of the following is an obstacle that Isabel and company do not face on the ocean?

a)

Sharks

b)

Storms

c)

Tankers

d)

Submarine

22.

What is taken down from the social hall for Josef's bar mitzvah?

a)

Star and moon decorations

b)

Nazi flag

c)

Portrait of Adolf Hitler

d)

Cross

23.

Where do Josef and the other children take a tour on the St. Louis?

a)

Crew quarters

b)

The pool and movie theatre

c)

Engine room below deck

d)

Medical offices

24.

What does Pozner recruit Josef to help with?

a)

Taking over the ship

b)

Kidnapping the captain and throwing him overboard

c)

Sneaking below deck and ransacking the crew quarters

d)

Locking the bathroom doors so people can't use them

25.

Which of the following is NOT a way Mahmoud and his family travels?

a)

Boat

b)

Plane

c)

Car

d)

Train

26.

How does Mahmoud save his mother when they are almost drowning in the Mediterranean?

a)

Forces a boat to stop and take her

b)

Gives her his life vest

c)

Takes a life vest from a dead man

d)

Holds her up by treading water

27.

How does the Austrian people react to the refugees marching across their border?

a)

The Austrian people give the refugees food and supplies

b)

The Austrian people protest and try to prevent the refugees from entering

c)

The police tear gas the refugees and the Austrian people watch

d)

The Austrian people and refugees fight at the border

28.

What is one way Isabel and crew do not try to keep their boat afloat?

a)

Bail water out of the bottom

b)

Throw the engine overboard

c)

Patch it with floating driftwood

d)

Float next to the boat to relieve some weight

29.

What does the Hitler Youth do to Josef when he finds out he's pretending not to be Jewish?

a)

Forces him to return the items he purchased and hits him

b)

Takes him abck to the Jewish train car and lets him go

c)

Turns him into his commanding officer

d)

Pretends like he doesn't notice and walks away

30.

What happens to Mahmoud's family's car as they try to leave Aleppo?

a)

The car is stolen by soldiers

b)

The car runs out of gas and is abandoned

c)

The car is shot at by people fighting in the war

d)

The car gets a flat tire and travels as far as it can until it completely breaks

31.

________ said good bye to his father as well. He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam.

a)

Senor Castillo

b)

Josef

c)

Isabel

d)

Ivan

32.

"When we were talking that first night, everybody was telling each other what they wanted to do when we got to the US.. but I never said. I wanted to open a restaurant with my sons.

a)

Rutie

b)

Isabel

c)

Senor Castillo

d)

Waleed

33.

"I have to go. We're building.... a doghouse."

a)

Ivan

b)

Josef

c)

Mahmoud

d)

Lito

34.

"I was very little then, and I'm very old now, and I don't remember too much about that time. but I do remember my father being very sick."

a)

Mahmoud's mother

b)

Isabel

c)

Ruthie

d)

Josef

35.

"No, my beautiful boy. If the boat hadn't come along when it did, if you hadn't convinced them to take her, she would have drowned."

a)

Isabel's mother

b)

Mahmoud's mother

c)

Josef's mother

d)

Ruthie

36.

In a flash, ______ remembered her grandmother disappearing under the waves just like that two years ago.

a)

Mahmoud's mother

b)

Ruthie

c)

Isabel

d)

Josef

37.

"After the evening roll call they would choose someone to drown."

a)

Aaron Landau

b)

Waleed

c)

Lito

d)

Mahmoud's father

38.

_____ sat like a zombie in front of the television

a)

Hana

b)

Waleed

c)

Ruthie

d)

Josef

39.

"It's nothing Chabela. Just ... a memory. Something I have not thought about in a long time."

a)

Senor Castillo

b)

Lito

c)

Aaron Landau

d)

Isabel's mother

40.

"Hey, at least we know we're on the right track. The right track. Get it?"

a)

Waleed

b)

Mahmoud

c)

Josef

d)

Mahmoud's father

41.

The story is told from which point of view?

a)

1st person alternating between chapters

b)

2nd person as if the reader was in the story

c)

3rd person limited

d)

3rd person alternating perspectives between chapters

42.

Each chapter ends with ______.

a)

a flash forward

b)

a cliffhanger

c)

foreshadowing

d)

a flashback

43.

Which word best describes the three main characters?

a)

Friendly

b)

Responsible

c)

Bully

d)

Daredevil

44.

The main conflict in all three stories is ---.

a)

Finding a safe place to live

b)

Escaping the police

c)

Finding a means of travel

d)

Gathering all family members together

45.

What is taking place in all three stories?

a)

The characters are escaping violence by leaving home

b)

Each family has money saved away for escape

c)

Someone is about to be arrested in all the stories

d)

Each family is traveling north

46.

Read this passage from Chapter 12.

"Had to go back for the phone," he told them. "How else am I going to play Angry Birds?"

This passage contains ---.

a)

Personification

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Sarcasm

47.

The author of Refugee, Alan Gratz, most likely wrote Refugee to ---.

a)

Entertain readers with a story about three tweens who face difficult situations.

b)

Inform readers how to survive when facing violence

c)

Persuade readers to stay away from countries with dictators

d)

Amuse readers with a funny story

48.

Read this passage from Chapter 13.

There were many hands to shake and many congratulations after the ceremony, but it was all a blur to Josef, he felt like he was walking in a dream.

The author uses this simile to ---.

a)

Explain the details of the story

b)

Show what Papa was missing

c)

Express Josef's emotional state

d)

Reflect on the day's events

49.

What does Mahmoud's father do in stressful situations?

a)

Moans and trembles

b)

Gets the hiccups

c)

Makes jokes

d)

Prays

50.

Read this passage from Chapter 33.

"I'm just saying it's very nice for him that everybody else is keeping this metal coffin afloat while he sits back and relaxes," Papi said.

This is an example of which literary device?

a)

Foreshadowing

b)

Metaphor

c)

Cliffhanger

d)

Idiom