WorksheetsRefugee, Chapters 1-18
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 25mins
Waleed is
Ivan's brother
Josef's brother
Mahmoud's brother
Isabel's neighbor
Lito is
Ivan's grandfather
Josef's father
Mahmoud's father
Isabel's grandfather
Renata and Evelyne's father is
Aaron Landau
Dr. Aber
Otto Scheindick
Captain Schroeder
Which character celebrates their Bar Mitzvah during the story?
Josef
Isabel
Mahmoud
Who is the owner of the boat Isabel's family takes to Miami?
Lito
Geraldo Fernandez
Senor Castillo
Amara is
Isabel's sister
Isabel's mother
Luis's girlfriend
Senor Castillo's granddaughter
The novel is narrated from the point of view of
a first-person narrator
a second-person narrator
a third-person narrator
Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud
The author uses plenty of figurative language in
Refugee mainly so the reader can
imagine the setting
understand feelings sights, and events more clearly
practice understanding metaphors and similes
make more inferences
Which response best describes the novel's unique format?
The chapters are short.
The chapters alternate characters' stories.
The chapters have subheadings.
The book has 3 main sections.
How old was Josef when he had his Bar Mitzvah? It's the same for all Jewish boys.
31
14
12
13
Isabel's story happens in 1994. Mahmoud's dad had an iPhone. Did Isabel?
Yes, everyone had an iPhone
No, they hadn't yet been invented.
What was 'Wet Foot-Dry Foot'?
If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were safe
If Cubans were caught in the ocean, they were sent back
If Cubans made it to land, they were safe
If Cubans made it to land, they were sent back to Cuba
Which of the following in an example of Onomatopoeia?
Crash! Bang!
Someone was in the house!
"Mama" cried Josef "Papa"
"Its tummy purred like an outboard motor" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
Simile
Hyperbole
"trying to hear the heartbeat of Cuba" is what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Pun
Hyperbole
"heart in his throat" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
Hyperbole
Pun
What inference can be drawn from the following sentence?
"Don't be so quick to grow up boy," the Brownshirt told Josef. "We'll come for you next."
The Nazi's want Josef to join the Hitler Youth
Josef and his family are not wanted in Germany anymore
Josef misses his childhood
What purpose does this line serve in the passage?
"It was easier to stay invisible"
To describe how super powers make kids feel special
to describe how Muhammad feels about living in Syria.
To inform the reader about the political crisis in Syria
What purpose does this line serve in the passage?
-Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he'd seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any emotion whatsoever.-
To explain how the war has effected his younger brother
To explain how watching tv all day has effected his younger brother
To explain why it is important for young children to express their emotions
What inference can be drawn from the sentence?
-Josef could barely walk. His legs were like lead, and his eyes lost their focus.-
Josef is very tired
Josef is very scared
Josef is very excited
What was the effect of Kristallnaught (the Night of Broken Glass) on Josef and his family?
The event did not have any effect on them
They felt like valued citizens
They were not wanted in Germany anymore
Mahmoud wants to be invisible. This was caused by what experience?
He is afraid of his parents
He struggles in school
A beating he received from older boys
Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?
-Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps.-
Fact
Opinion
Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?
-but they still looked grand to Isabel-
Fact
Opinion
Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?
-It made his little brother look like a robot.-
Fact
Opinion
Is the following sentence a fact or an opinion?
-The old city, at the heart of Aleppo, was built in the 12th century.-
Fact
Opinion
What do the subheadings of each chapter tell the reader?
Hold old the character is
Where and when the story is taking place
What day of the week it is
Each characters story is told by using what pattern?
cause and effect
chronological order
compare and contrast
Why does the author tell the stories of 3 different children from different time periods and places?
To compare and contrast the different experiences of refugees
To show how problems always have solutions
To inform the reader about current events
What is Isabel's friend Ivan and his family doing in secret?
hosting neighborhood meetings at their home
giving medicine to friends
building a raft
What does Josef do on the train that gets him into trouble?
He tells the conductor that he is Jewish.
He takes off his armband of the Jewish star.
He has a fit and breaks everything in sight.
How had Josef's father changed after he was arrested?
He was much nicer to his family.
He had gained wait while in the concentration camp.
He was very thin, had a shaved head, and acted scared.
What did Isabel trade to get gasoline?
her trumpet
a necklace
medicine
Lito is
Ivan's grandfather
Josef's father
Mahmoud's father
Isabel's grandfather
a rhythmic pattern used as a tool for temporal organization in Cuban music
hijab
clave
communism
dictator
a person who rules the country with total authority
hijab
clave
communism
dictator
ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13 and can take part in religious activities
hijab
bar mitzvah
communism
dictator
"Crack! Bang!" is an example of
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
idiom
Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues were destroyed and 10,000+ Jewish men were arrested and sent to a concentration camp.
Kristallnacht
Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah
Shabbat
"The bright yellow Star of David armbands the Landaus wore were like magical talismans that made them disappear" (Gratz 18).
simile
metaphor
allusion
personification
"With a battle cry that would have made Wolverine proud..." (Gratz 16).
simile
metaphor
idiom
allusion
Josef wakes up one night to the sound of Nazi's breaking into his home. They arrest his father and take him to a concentration camp. Aaron Landau is released from the concentration camp on the condition he:
stops practicing law
wears the Star of David
leaves the country within 14 days
returns after a short visit with his family
"So we have money! We will buy tickets as we go. More importantly, we have our lives. But if we stay in Aleppo even a day longer, we may not have that." This quotation from Mahmoud's father shows that:
Mahmoud's father doesn't like to make plans
Mahmoud's family does' have a very clear plan because they are in a desperate situation
Mahmoud's father is overly concerned about money.
Mahmoud's father likes to be daring
