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Refugee pgs. 147-196

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Josef uses a metaphor to describe his father, he and his sister, and his mom. What is it?

a)

a cold night

b)

3 lonely islands

c)

a storm

2.

Josef feels terrible for making what?

a)

a promise he couldn't keep

b)

a bad decision

c)

a wrong turn

3.

Schiendick spits at Josef's dad and trashes his cabin. Why?

a)

Josef's dad is also a Nazi.

b)

He believes Josef's father disrespected him by spitting at him.

c)

He thinks there are drugs in the cabin.

4.

What is personified majorly when talking about Isabel's grandma's death?

a)

the storm in which she died

b)

the ocean in which she died

c)

the city in which she died

5.

What extended metaphor is used to describe life in Isabel's story?

a)

a storm

b)

a love

c)

a symphony

6.

What do they find out about the life vests?

a)

They are too expensive to buy.

b)

They are not allowed.

c)

They are fake.

7.

How does Mahmoud save Hana?

a)

He gives her to a woman on another boat.

b)

He rescues her from the water.

c)

He does CPR.

8.

Josef's mother has to take what in front of the doctor?

a)

sleeping meds for Papa

b)

a shot

c)

a drink of wine

9.

What does dad start ranting about in the cabin?

a)

gas chambers

b)

drownings at the concentration camp

c)

unfair treatment

10.

What does Josef's father do while mom is asleep from the medicine?

a)

He stabs himself.

b)

He hides under the deck.

c)

He jumps overboard.

11.

Isabel's mother is very sick when they reach the shore. What shore do they reach?

a)

The Bahamas

b)

Florida

c)

Texas

12.

They are stopped from getting off the boat at the shore because...

a)

Bahamian law prohibits illegals from coming ashore.

b)

They don't have American passports.

c)

They have not been tested for disease.

13.

They say Mami can get medical attention, but when she is well, she will be...

a)

sent to work.

b)

sent to a prison.

c)

deported.

14.

Isabel's family decide to stay together and keep going. Who gives them much needed supplies?

a)

the government

b)

the tourists

c)

the hotel

15.

Mahmoud is forced to take what off a dead man and give to his mother?

a)

a coat

b)

an air mask

c)

a life vest

16.

What appears in the water where Josef's father has jumped?

a)

a lifeboat

b)

a whale

c)

shark fins

17.

When a Cuban policeman saves Papa, what does Papa do?

a)

resists and calls them murderers

b)

goes willingly

c)

says thank you

18.

Josef is traumatized when he realizes...

a)

they are never going home.

b)

his father would rather be dead than be with them.

c)

he has lost his entire family.

19.

What is Isabel ironically motivated by?

a)

Hitler's speech

b)

her father's prayer

c)

Castro's saying on the boat

20.

Everyone on the boat is fighting with each other. Who yells at them and calls them all children?

a)

Isabel

b)

Senora Castillo

c)

Amara

21.

They decide to take turns doing what to keep the boat afloat?

a)

floating in the water beside the boat

b)

swimming laps around the boat

c)

steering the boat

22.

What does Mahmoud regret most?

a)

losing his friends

b)

not standing up for things when he had a chance

c)

following his family

23.

How does Mahmoud get the Greek Coast Guard's attention?

a)

a fire flare

b)

the light from his phone

c)

a smoke signal

24.

What does Mahmoud mistake for hills when he gets ashore?

a)

piles of life vests

b)

piles of shoes

c)

sand hills

25.

Dad and Waleed are safe, but very sad Hana is gone. At the end of the section, Dad tells Mahmoud to go get what off of the dead bodies?

a)

Jackets

b)

Shoes

c)

Water bottles