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  • What was the name of the captain of the SS. St. Louis?
    Barry D'Alive
    Aaron Landau
    Stan Dup
    Gustav Schroeder
  • There was food rationing in Cuba. What did this mean?
    There was too much food
    There wasn't enough food.
  • At Josef's Bar Mitzvah, 10 men were needed for something important. What was this group called?
    minyan
    mitzvah
  • What did Lito do to sacrifice himself?
    He crashed the boat.
    He ran to shore.
    He jumped off the boat.
    He yelled while on the boat.
  • What is the name of the ship Josef and his family are on?
    MS St. Francis
    MS St. Petersburg
    MS St. Mary
    MS St. Louis
  • What is Josef's father's name?
    Aaron
    John
    Larry
    Bob
  • What type of figurative language is it? The ocean beat at Isabel trying to eat her alive.
    hyperbole
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
  • What was the large object storming toward Isabel's family?
    Police boat
    Whale
    Tanker
    Rock
  • What was "Wet Foot - Dry Foot"?
    If Cubans made it to land, they were safe
    If Cubans made it to land, they were sent back to Cuba
    If Cubans were caught in the ocean, the were safe
    If Cubans were caught in the ocean, the were sent back
  • What type of figurative language is it? Mahmoud’s hands went from numb to on fire!
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
  • Who was the leader of the group that attempted to take over the MS St. Louis?
    Schiendick
    Josef
    Pozner
    Aaron
  • What type of figurative language is it? They were drowning in tears.
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
  • The two men in Mahmoud's family car were arguing over which map apps?
    Apple Maps vs. Mapquest
    Google Maps vs. Bing Maps
    Bing Maps vs. Apple Maps
    Google Maps vs. Apple Maps
  • Who was the leader of Cuba when Isabel fled?
    Fidel Montana
    Fidel Castro
    Che Guevara
    Hugo Chavez
  • What is the name of Ruthie's stuffed bunny?
    Benny
    Bitsy
    Bunbun
    Bits
  • Which character was going to stay with his/her family in a stranger's car dealership office?
    Mahmoud
    Josef
    Isabel
  • What was Josef's father not allowed to practice in Germany?
    Law
    Finance
    Aviation
    Medical
  • The author of Refugee is
    Alan Matz
    Alex Matz
    Alan Gratz
    Mr. Alan
  • Mahmoud is from which Middle East country?
    Syria
    Iraq
    Egypt
    Iran
  • The man who offered to let Mahmoud's family stay in his car dealership was also a refugee.
    False
    True
  • Who has the most siblings?
    Isabel
    Mahmoud
    Josef
  • Who jumped in after Senor Castillo?
    Lito
    Isabel
    Luis
    Senora Castillo
  • What does Isabel lose in the storm?
    Her trumpet
    Her suitcase
    Gasoline
    Medicine
  • At the beginning of the book, Mahmoud felt...
    Invisible
    Happy
    Quiet
    Optimistic
  • Why did Isabel's family have a hard time getting out of the tanker's way?
    They were busy eating.
    They didn't think they needed to move.
    The engine stopped.
    They were trying to get a shark out of the boat.
  • What is Mahmoud's brother's name?
    Thomas
    Waleed
    Caio
    Diyar
  • What word did the Cubans keep telling the people on board the MS St. Louis?
    Buenos dios
    manana
    Hasta la vista
    Hola
  • What is the name of Isabel's younger brother?
    Mariano
  • Isabel was 11. Josef and Mahmoud were both 12 at the start of the book. True or false.
    False
    True
  • Isabel is from which Cuban city?
    Havana
    Santa Clara
  • What is the last name of the Syrian leader?
    Churchill
    Assad
    Hitler
    Castro
  • What type of figurative language is it? Two giant tan smokestacks stuck up from the middle of the ship, one of them belching gray-black diesel engine smoke
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
  • What killed the man who fell on Mahmoud in the back seat of the car?
    Bullet wound to the chest
    Bullet wound to the neck
    Bullet wound to the back
    Bullet wound to the head
  • Who did Mahmoud give away when they were in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea?
    Fatima
    Mahmoud
    Youssef
    Hana
  • What type of figurative language is it? But the hatred had followed them even here, to the middle of the ocean.
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    hyperbole
  • How did Mahmoud's family get to Austria towards the end?
    They walked.
  • Josef's father did not pass the medical examination.
    False
    True
  • What type of figurative language is it? The first time his father spoken the name of the place he'd been was like a winter frost that covered everything in the room.
    personification
    simile
    metaphor
    hyperbole
  • How old was Josef when he had his Bar Mitzvah?
    13
    11
    12
    14
  • Of the 3 characters, Josef's story is the earliest in history. True/False
    True - 1930s
    False - 1990s
    False - 2012
  • How did Ivan die?
    malnutrition
    drowning
    shark bite
  • When everyone is dancing on Isabel's boat, the chapter ends with something wrong with the boat. What's wrong?
    The motor stopped.
    A storm came.
    It started to sink.
    A shark appeared.
  • What does Lito regret?
    He regrets not letting the Jewish passengers from MS. St. Louis into Cuba.
  • How is Josef's story connected to Isabel's story?
    Lito was the one that saved Josef's father when he jumped overboard!
  • What type of figurative language is it? On their boat, Isabel’s family and the Castillos were trapped in their own sinking prison.
    hyperbole
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
  • What type of figurative language is it? His heart was pounding so hard he thought it would burst right out of his chest.
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    personification
    simile
  • What type of figurative language is it? One of the gashes up near his thigh was pumping blood out like a garden hose, and Isabel watched as Ivan’s face grew pale.
    personification
    Simile
    hyperbole
    metaphor
  • After the car was shot, what did Mahmoud's dad go back to the car to get?
    Wallet
    Money
    Shoes
    Phone
  • What was the main cause of Aaron Landau's mental health stress?
    He was hungry.
    What he saw on the news.
    What he saw and experienced in the concentration camp.
    The boat was too crowded.
  • Who were the two police officers who joined Isabel on the boat?
    Ivan and Isabel
    Luis and Ivan
    Isabel and Amara
    Luis and Amara
  • How is Mahmoud's story connected to Josef's story?
    Ruthie is Mahmoud's host family in Germany.
  • Which character is involved in a boat crash?
    Isabel
    Mahmoud
    Josef
    Ruthie
  • A Storm Trooper is what...
    A German specialist soldier
    A Jewish specialist soldier
    A European specialist soldier
  • Which character was worried about his/her family member having a medical examination?
    Isabel
    Josef
    Mahmoud
  • Which word did Alan Gratz use to describe the tanker?
    large
    leviathan
    boat
    mammoth
  • Isabel dove into the water to save Senor Castillo.
    True
    False
  • What did the German crewman want to wrap the body in?
    dirty blanket
    Nazi flag
    Towels
    American flag
  • Who flirted with Amara
    Luis
    Lito
    Ivan
    Senor Castillo
  • Where did Josef and his family end up when disembarking off the MS St. Louis?
    England
    France
    Belgium
    Germany
  • Why did Cuba hit Rock-Bottom?
    Russia had fallen
    People stole everything from Cuba
    The United States stopped supplying them.
    The Soviet Union had fallen
  • What does manana mean?
    yesterday
    today
    never
    tomorrow
  • When Josef's dad finally left his cabin, where did he go?
    He needed to walk around.
    He was hungry.
    He was thirsty.
    He attended a funeral.
  • Josef's father punched someone during the funeral.
    True
    False
  • What is the first country Mahmoud and his family entered after they left Syria?
    Germany
    Turkey
    Egypt
    Cuba
  • What was the Havana baseball team called?
    Havana Heros
    Industriales
    The Havana Yankees
    Havana Tigers
  • What happened to Josef and his mother at the end of the story?
    concentration camp
    England
    Switzerland
  • The first chapter was on which character?
    Mahmoud
    Isabel
    Josef
  • Ruthie had a stuffed animal. What type of animal was it?
    unicorn
    bunny
    puppy
    horse
  • Where did Mahmoud and his family sleep when the hotels were full?
    In a mall
    In their car
    In the street
    On the ground at the park
  • What type of figurative language is it? The motor purred to life.
    personification
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
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