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Refugee

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Isabel keep that belonged to Ivan? (a)  

Choose from the below words
His favorite baseball shirt
His favorite baseball
His favorite baseball hat
His favorite baseball glove
2.

Mahmoud's father's spirit finally broke at the end of chapter 45 :( What did it?

a)

They were robbed again

b)

They were processed, feeling demoralized

c)

He was beaten by a night stick

d)

He lost his wife

3.

Mahmoud was travelling across which body of water? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Black Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
4.

When Mahmoud finally found a proper life jacket, what did he do with it? (a)  

Choose from the below words
He put it on, of course!
He gave it to his mom.
5.

"There were hills on the beach. Then he realized, they weren't hills." (a)  

Choose from the below words
Life jackets
Fishing nets
6.

What was the large object storming toward Isabel's family? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Whale
Boat
Rock
Tanker
7.

What did the German crewman want to wrap the dead man's body in? (a)  

Choose from the below words
International Sea Flag
Jewish flag
Nazi flag
German flag
8.

What does mañana mean? (a)  

Choose from the below words
yesterday
today
tomorrow
never
9.

What was the big reason Isabel's boat couldn't get out of the way of the tanker?

a)

There was a shark in the boat.

b)

An octopus was playing tug -of-war with it.

c)

The engine stopped

d)

They were eating sushi from fish caught earlier in the day

10.

How old was Josef when he had his Bar Mitzvah? It's the same for all Jewish boys.

11.

Isabel's story happens in 1994. Mahmoud's dad had an iPhone. Did Isabel? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Yes, everyone had an iPhone
No, they hadn't yet been invented.
12.

At Josef's Bar Mitzvah, 10 men were needed for something important. What was this group called? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Mitzvah
Minyan
13.

What is the name of the boat that Josef's riding on (a)  

Choose from the below words
SS St. Montana
SS St. Louis
SS St. York
SS St. Banana
14.

Fatima, Mahmoud's mom, had to cover up more than usual while travelling. What is a hijab? (a)  

Choose from the below words
A scarf to cover just the head
A scarf to cover the shoulders
A scarf to cover your whole body
Something unimportant
15.

Who has the most siblings?

a)

Joseph

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

d)

Sue Perman

16.

Way back at the beginning, the first chapter was on which character?

a)

Josef

b)

Isabel

c)

Mahmoud

17.

What was the Havana baseball team called?

a)

Havana Yankees

b)

Industriales

c)

Tigers

d)

Havana Heros

18.

What was 'Wet Foot-Dry Foot'?

a)

If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were safe

b)

If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were sent back

c)

If Cubans made it to land, they were safe

d)

If Cubans made it to land, they were sent back to Cuba

19.

At the end, which character selflessly gave up their life?

a)

Lito

b)

Josef