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Refugee 4-6

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Josef's father plans to

a)

meet them in Cuba

b)

meet them at the ship

c)

meet them at the train

d)

send them off on their own

2.

Josef's teacher, Herr Meier,

a)

helped him

b)

gave him extra homework

c)

hated him

d)

embarrassed him

3.

Why would no one help Josef and his family at the railway station?

a)

They wore yellow Star of David armbands.

b)

People were afraid of them.

c)

They had no money.

d)

They looked bedraggled.

4.

What does it mean that Josef and his family "were going to pay the price (24)?"

a)

They would have to pay for the piece of candy.

b)

They were going to be kicked off of the train.

c)

They had to buy their train tickets.

d)

They were going to be be imprisoned.

5.

 

What word best describes how Josef felt based on the following excerpt from chapter 4, "Josef could barely walk. His legs were like lead, and his eyes lost their focus. (23)"

a)

Tired

b)

Excited

c)

Scared

6.

Isabel calls her grandfather

a)

Papi

b)

Lito

c)

Abuelo

d)

Mariano

7.

Because of what happens to Papi,

a)

Isabel loses her trumpet

b)

Luis loses his job

c)

Papi has to leave Cuba

8.

"Isabel couldn't believe what she was hearing (26)." Why?

a)

People caught criticizing Fidel Castro were thrown into jail.

b)

The sounds of gunfire were overwhelming.

c)

People were shouting naughty words in the streets.

9.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word pandemonium, as used in the following sentence? "She leaped down off the hood of the car and pushed her way through the pandemonium. (28)"

a)

chaos

b)

field

c)

stand

d)

pendellum

10.

Which sentence best helps you determine the meaning of the word pandemonium as used in the following sentence? "She leaped fown off the hood of the car and pushed her way through the pandemonium (28)."

a)

She climbed up the bumper and onto the hood. (27)

b)

The rioters and police traded rocks and bullets, and a man with a bloody head staggered past Isabel. (26)

c)

Isabel ignored them both and turned this way and that, calling out for her father. (27)

11.

The missile hit Mahmoud's apartment just after he had finished

a)

his prayers

b)

his homework

c)

watching a TV show

d)

having a snack

12.

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? "Mahmoud's ears rang with a high-pitched whine, like the TV when the satellite was searching for a signal. (32)"

a)

hyperbole

b)

idiom

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

13.

 

What did Mahmoud "understand" at the end of Chapter 6? "He blinked, still dazed, and then he understood. (33)"

a)

That his entire neighborhood had been hit by a bomb

b)

Why his mother had quit her job as a nurse

c)

The answer to his homework that he was working on