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Refugee Ch 13-18

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Josef's bar mitzvah was not attended by
a)
his papa
b)
Ruthie
c)
other Jews
2.
How does Josef react to Renata and Evelyn's prank?
a)
He laughs about it
b)
He disagrees with it.
c)
He no longer cares about pranks
3.
The person in charge of Isabel's boat is
a)
Isabel's father
b)
Senor Castillo
c)
Lito
4.
Mahmoud's family found the refugees walking to Turkey by
a)
using Google Maps
b)
following a map the soldier had given them
c)
taking directions from refugees they met
5.
In the marketplace, Mahmoud bought
a)
a water canteen
b)
a used book
c)
a used toy
6.

Which sentence does not belong?

(A) Mahmoud's family needed a place to spend the night. (B) First they went to the hotel, but discovered that it was packed with three families to a room. (C) Next they went to the park. (D) They found no room there either as it was full of other refugees. (E) A boy took Mahmoud's family to an abandoned mall. (F) They stayed in an empty yogurt shop with no furniture and a broken linoleum floor. (G) Next door a Syrian family of six stayed in a former music shop.

a)

Sentence B

b)

Sentence C

c)

Sentence E

d)

Sentence G

7.

What is one characteristic Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud have in common at this point in the story?

a)

scheming

b)

abandoned

c)

scared

d)

jealous

8.

Which event happened first?

a)

One of the parents arranged a tour of the ship for the children.

b)

Josef heard the sailors singing "The Horst Wessel Song."

c)

Schiendick called the children Jewish rats.

d)

Josef asked the captain if they were racing two other ships to Cuba.

9.

The captain of the ship shows compassion by--

a)

allowing the portrait of Hitler to be taken down

b)

allowing the passengers to call one another

c)

allowing the passengers to eat

d)

allowing the stewards to clean the rooms

10.

The passengers aboard the cruise ship think, "There's something they're not telling us." This is ________________________________ danger.

a)

predicting

b)

forgetting

c)

contemplating

d)

foreshadowing

11.

Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of the novel?

a)

Syria

b)

Cuba

c)

Canada

d)

Turkey

12.

Who has changed MOST since the war?

a)

Mahmoud

b)

Mahmoud's mother

c)

Mahmoud's father

d)

Waleed

13.

Mahmoud's relationship with his brother can best be described as--

a)

useless, nonexistent

b)

loving, confusing

c)

odd, random

d)

loving, caring

14.

Mahmoud has traveled from--

a)

Syria to Japan

b)

Syria to Turkey

c)

Cuba to the US

d)

Cuba to Germany

15.

It is obvious that there is a conflict between Isabel's grandfather and --

a)

Isabel

b)

Ivan

c)

her father

d)

Castro

16.

During the time period, the president of Cuba is--

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Mami

17.

The text says, when Josef saw a portrait of Hitler, his veins "ran with ice" this is hyperbole showing --

a)

he is cold, angry

b)

he is cold, excited

c)

he is cold, literally

d)

he is cold, because he's dead