Refugee: Part 1 Review

1.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

On the night of Kristallnacht, who is taken from Josef's apartment?

His grandmother

His sister

His father

His uncle

2.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Why does Josef leave the Jewish car on the train?

He was looking for somewhere to sit.

To see if anyone could tell that he was a Jew.

He wanted to get his mother and sister some flowers.

He was looking for his father.

3.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What ship does Josef and his family board?

The Titanic

The Mariel Boatlift

The Harry S. Truman

The St. Louis

4.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Where is Josef's family heading on the ship?

Cuba

Hamburg

Florida

Peru

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What made Josef's father finally leave his cabin?

They reached their destination, Cuba

Josef forced his father to leave the cabin

He wanted to attend another Jewish passenger's funeral

He agreed to go out with Josef's mother to tour the ship

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What does the Spanish word "Manana" mean in English?

today

tonight

never

tomorrow

7.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

True or False: The fireman patrolling the St. Louis were not checking cabins for safety or security reasons but rather to intimidate (scare) Jewish passengers.

True

False

8.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Which one of these things does Otto Schiendick and the firemen not do to Josef and his family?

Smash the furniture in their cabin

Schiendick threatens Josef's father and says,"It's time you had your head shaved again."

Take off Ruthie's headscarf from her head

Take a book from Josef's mother's hands and rip out the pages

9.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What does Isabel exchange in order to get fuel for the journey to the United States?

Her piccolo

Her guitar

Her trumpet

Her trombone

10.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Why did Isabel's father have to leave Cuba right away?

He was very sick

He had thrown a bottle at police during a riot

He had a secret message to give the US Gov't

He was a baseball player and had to be in the US to "tryout"

11.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Why does Isabel's father not want to light a fire to signal the ship coming toward them?

If they are rescued, they would have to return to Cuba (maritime laws)

He thinks their boat might explode

12.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Why did Isabel go into the water?

To find Senor Castillo (Ivan's father) who fell overboard

She was getting really hot and wanted to go for a quick swim

She saw the tanker coming into their boat and wanted to get out

To find Amara who fell overboard

13.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

As the storm continued, Isabel has flashbacks of which of her relatives that was swept away in a hurricane.

Lito (Isabel's grandfather)

Lita (Isabel's grandmother)

Fidel Castro

14.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What happened to the apartment where Mahmoud and his family lived?

It was infested with rats and condemned

It burned in a fire

It crumbled to the ground after being hit by a missile.

It was given to someone else

15.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What city was Mahmoud from?

Aleppo, Syria

Berlin, Germany

Athens, Greece

Cairo, Egypt

16.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Where was Mahmoud's family heading?

Russia

Spain

Florida

Germany

17.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

In Turkey, Mahmoud's family waited for ...

Smugglers to get a boat to take them to Europe

Jobs for Mahmoud's parents

Turkish people to give them a home

A train back to Syria

18.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What was so surprising about the boat that finally arrived to take Mahmoud and the other refugees to Greece?

It was a huge ship

It was a raft not a boat

There were so many Turkish officials to help them get to Greece

It was a Coast Guard ship

19.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What major event happens after Mahmoud's dinghy bursts against the rocks?

Mahmoud sees another dinghy pass by them in the distance

Mahmoud convinces the passengers on another dinghy to take his entire family on board.

Mahmoud convinces one of the passengers on another dinghy to take his sister Hana with them.

Mahmoud's family dies in the cold waters of the sea.

20.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

While waiting for the smugglers to finally get there "boat," where do Mahmoud and his family stay?

An old mall

A car

A hotel

With a turkish family

21.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

When Cuban inspectors were examining the passengers on the St. Louis, what did Josef have to do to calm his father down?

Take him back to their cabin

Slap him and tell him that if he not quiet they will take him back to a concentration camp

Take him out of line

Nothing, he let his dad freak out in front of everyone

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