Why did Yusra Mardini have to leave Syria?

Yusra Mardini's Journey

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English
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3rd Grade
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Hard
Yasmin Abdallah
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
She left because there was a war and it was dangerous.
She left because she wanted to travel the world.
She left because she needed to help steer a boat across the Aegean Sea.
She left to train and compete for Syria in the Olympics.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The author describes how Mardini escaped from Syria. What is one thing she had to do to escape?
She had to swim in a competition.
She had to fix the broken engine of a boat.
She had to teach twenty people to swim.
She had to pull a boat with twenty people in it.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The text says that the boat's engine broke down. What evidence from the text best explains why this may have happened?
"The three girls dragged the boat across the sea for hours."
"Syria was in the middle of a war, and it became dangerous for people to live there."
"This boat was only supposed to hold six people. However, twenty passengers were on the boat."
"The three swimmers wanted to keep everyone alive, and they know what they needed to do."
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After the boat's engine broke down, Mardini and two other passengers pulled the boat across the Aegean Sea. How can their actions best be described?
confusing
selfish
soothing
brave
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main idea of this text?
Yusra Mardini is a refugee who escaped war in Syria and sought safety in Greece.
Yusra Mardini escaped war in Syria and helped others on her way to becoming an inspiring Olympic athlete.
Yusra Mardini is an Olympic swimmer and an ambassador for refugees who originally came from Syria.
Yusra Mardini trained for the Olympics by pulling a boat with 20 people in it across the Aegean Sea.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Please read the following sentences from the text. "She was going to swim in the Olympics for Syria, but then she had to flee from her home country in 2015. Syria was in the middle of a war, and it became dangerous for people to live there." As used in the passage, what does the word flee mean?
free
jump
train
escape
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Please choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. ___ Yusra Mardini and her sister left Syria, Mardini trained in Berlin.
after
soon
so
ultimately
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