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Refugee Quiz 13-16

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was permitted to leave the ship when Josef and his family landed in Cuba?

a)

Josef and his sister

b)

Just Josef's mother

c)

Renatta and Evelyne

d)

All of the Nazi sympathizers

2.

Josef realizes that someone is "dead to their family" as the ship leaves Cuba, even though this person is not really dead, who is his person?

a)

Josef and Ruthie's papa

b)

Captain Shroeder

c)

Renatta

d)

Evelyne

3.

In Isabel's story Isabel and the people on the boat grieve for Ivan. What tough decision do they have to make regarding Ivan?

a)

To keep him alive long enough to see Miami.

b)

To throw his body overboard.

c)

To keep Senior Castillo and Ivan from fighting

d)

To ignore the sharks and keep swimming.

4.

What item does Isabel keep that belongs to Ivan?

a)

His shoes

b)

His shirt

c)

His pocket knife

d)

His hat

5.

Mahmoud and his family are on their long journey. What is one thing that Mahmoud wanted more than anything thus far?

a)

To sleep in a real bed

b)

To eat a full meal

c)

To charge his phone

d)

To go back to Aleppo

6.

After the ship moved out of Cuba and past America, Josef's mother did what?

a)

Jumped off the ship as well

b)

Locked herself in the cabin indefinately

c)

Cleaned herself up and went to the dance hall

d)

Protested against the captain

7.

What plan do some of the men on Josef's cruise ship decide and how is Josef involved?

a)

They are going to overtake the ship, they need Josef to show them the bridge.

b)

They are going to take over the ship, they need Josef to be a decoy

c)

They are going to attempt to take life boats and leave at night, they need Josef to cut the lines

d)

They are going to ask Captain Schroeder to take them to South America, they need Josef to translate.

8.

Who is believed to be intercepting Isabel's boat in the water as they finally see Miami?

a)

A group of angry sailors

b)

The US Coast Guard

c)

A yacht that has offered them help

d)

Nobody.

9.

Who forgives Mahmoud for giving up Hana in the water?

a)

Mahmoud's dad

b)

Waleed

c)

Mahmoud's mother

d)

He forgives himself.

10.

As Mahmoud waited to cross into Hungary, what happens when the Refugees begin to rush the fence?

a)

They are ignored

b)

They are sprayed with tear gas

c)

They are retained and arrested

d)

They board a train headed back to Aleppo

11.

When Josef and the others attempt to take over the ship, what is decided?

a)

They come to an easy truce, with Captain Shroeder promising to take them to England.

b)

They come to a truce with a promise to go back to Cuba

c)

They take over the ship room, Josef in charge of steering the ship.

d)

Ponzer becomes the new captain of the ship

12.

Where does Isabel's mother go into labor?

a)

On the shores of Cuba

b)

At a hotel

c)

Right outside of Miami

d)

On the Coast Guard's ship

13.

What happens to Mahmoud and his family after the gas attack?

a)

They are "arrested" and detained like prisoners

b)

They are invited to a dinner with the Hungarian army

c)

They are given food and water

d)

They are asked to walk another 10 miles

14.

What good news is told to Josef and his family?

a)

They were going back to Germany

b)

Their father had recovered and was coming home

c)

Josef's mother had fallen in love with Captain Schroeder

d)

They were accepted to go live in France.

15.

However, quickly after their arrival to France, what bad news does the narrator tell us about Josef?

a)

France has been invaded by Germany.

b)

Josef's father has passed away in Cuba

c)

There are no more spaces for them to stay in France

d)

Ruthie has become ill and needs to be in a German hospital.

16.

What incredible information do we learn about Lito and his connection to Josef and his family?

a)

Lito and Josef are related and he makes the realization on the boat

b)

Lito was the police officer that told Josef and his family "manana, manana" when they arrived in Cuba.

c)

Lito was actually the Captain of the cruise ship Josef was on

d)

Lito and Josef's mother ended up being married.

17.

Lito makes what heroic act to save his family?

a)

He makes a deal with the Coast Guard to allow them on board

b)

He agrees to pay the Coast Guard lots of money to give them a place for Isabel's mother to give birth

c)

He jumps off the boat so the Coast Guard has to save him instead of stopping the boat.

d)

He swims ahead of the boat to get a doctor for his daughter on the shores of Miami

18.

Mahmoud's family is broken in spirits, even his father who was usually positive.... in this part of the story (Mahmoud and his family staying at the detention center), what decision does Mahmoud make?

a)

Mahmoud decides for his family that they will stay in Hungary

b)

He would make it his mission to find Hana

c)

He will create a new organization to support Syrian refugees

d)

He will have the courage to no longer be invisible and stand up to the Hungarian guards