Refugee Chapter 1-9

“Look! I found a bit of a dead fish on the beach for the cat.” Isabel recoiled at the smell, but the kitten came running back, eating greedily from Ivan’s hand” (page 9).

The word recoiled means?

• Seemed immoral

• Taste appalling

• Felt famished

• Flinched back in disgust.

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Josef's papa would be released from the concentration camp under what condition?

• He never practice law again.

• He and his family leave the country in 14 days.

• He abandons his Jewish faith.

• He joins the Nazi party.

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Who was the ruler of Syria in 2015?

• Adolf Hitler

• Fidel Castro

• Bashar al-Assad

Which passage best shows how Mahmoud is treated?

• From that day forward, Mahmoud and Khalid were marked. The two older boys became Mahmoud's and Khalid's own personal bullies, delivering repeated beatdowns classes and after school.

• But Syrians knew protesting in the streets was dangerous.

• Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn't even know.

• Mahmoud took his younger brother by the hand, turned around, and found a different way home.

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Which country did Cuba rely on for imports until 1989?

• USA

• Soviet Union

• China

• Germany

What is the correct definition for a REFUGEE?

• Someone who has been displaced by a hurricane or other natural disaster.

• A person who has a war going on where they live which causes them to leave.

• Someone trying to escape for religious persecution.

• All of the above

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Syria is in what part of the world?

• Africa

• Europe

• Middle East

• Asia

In Cuba, housing, supplies, and food were in all short supply. All of the quotes demonstrate how hungry people were EXCEPT:

• People had even broken into the Havana Zoo and eaten the animals...

• The car was hungry, just like everyone else in Cuba, and its belly quickly won over its fear.

• The kitten wasn't too different from her, Isabel realized: thin, hungry, and in need of a bath.

• She was barefoot like always, and wore a tank top and shorts.

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What risky choice did Josef make on the train?

• Took off his Star of David armband

• Yelled at a Nazi soldier

• Snuck into another car to see his father

• Wrote a letter to the president

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Why was Josef's father arrested?

• He was a lawyer who represented Hitler.

• He's a Jew who was suspected to have continued practicing law.

• He was rich and the government wanted his property.

• He refused to join the Nazi soldiers.

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