Refugee Novel Review

Match the correct quote OR description to the right character.

JOSEF

• “When we were talking that first night, everybody was telling each other what they wanted to do when we got to the US… but I never said.  I wanted to open a restaurant with my sons.”

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

• “I have to go.  We’re building…a doghouse.”

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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ISABEL

• In a flash, _____ remembered her grandmother disappearing under the waves just like that two years ago, and without another thought, _____ dove in…

•  “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

• “After the evening roll call, they would choose someone to drown.  One every night.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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IVAN

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

• “Hey, at least we know we’re on the right track… The right track.  Get it?”

•  “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

• “I have to go.  We’re building…a doghouse.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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LITO

• “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

• “When we were talking that first night, everybody was telling each other what they wanted to do when we got to the US… but I never said.  I wanted to open a restaurant with my sons.”

•  “After the evening roll call, they would choose someone to drown.  One every night.”

• “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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AARON LANDAU

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

• “Hey, at least we know we’re on the right track… The right track.  Get it?”

• In a flash, _____ remembered her grandmother disappearing under the waves just like that two years ago, and without another thought, _____ dove in…

•  “After the evening roll call, they would choose someone to drown.  One every night.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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MAHMOUD'S FATHER (YOUSSEF)

• “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

• “Hey, at least we know we’re on the right track… The right track.  Get it?”

• “After the evening roll call, they would choose someone to drown.  One every night.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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RUTHIE

• _____ sat like a zombie in front of the television

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

• In a flash, _____ remembered her grandmother disappearing under the waves just like that two years ago, and without another thought, _____ dove in…

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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WALEED

• _____ sat like a zombie in front of the television

• “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam…

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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SENOR CASTILLO

• “Hey, at least we know we’re on the right track… The right track.  Get it?”

• “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

• “I was very little then, and I’m very old now, and I don’t remember too much about that time.  But I do remember my father being very sick.”

• “When we were talking that first night, everybody was telling each other what they wanted to do when we got to the US… but I never said.  I wanted to open a restaurant with my sons.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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MAHMOUD'S MOTHER (FATIMA)

• _____ said good-bye to his father as well.  He took his shirt collar in both hands and ripped it along the seam...

• “No, my beautiful boy.  If the boat hadn’t come along when it did, if you hadn’t convinced them to take her, she would have drowned.”

• “I have to go.  We’re building…a doghouse.”

•  “It’s nothing, Chabela.  Just… a memory.  Something I haven’t thought about in a long time.”

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3