Refugee Chapter 1-3

Question 1

What is the last name of the Syrian leader that Mahmoud talks about?

Answer 1

Assad

Question 2

What is Mahmoud’s brother’s name?

Answer 2

Waleed

Question 3

What began the demise, or fall, of Cuba?

Answer 3

The Soviet Union fell apart

Question 4

What was the Havana baseball team called that Ivan liked?

Answer 4

Industriales

Question 5

What career was Josef’s father not allowed to practice in Germany after the Nazis took over?

Answer 5

Law

Question 6

What was another name for Kristallnacht?

Answer 6

The Night of Broken Glass

Question 7

There was food rationing in Cuba. What did this mean?

Answer 7

There was not enough food, so people were limited on what they could get/buy

Question 8

Mahmoud is from which Middle East country?

Answer 8

Syria

Question 9

The story is told from which point of view?

Answer 9

3rd; Alternates between the perspectives of 3 different characters

Question 10

What country is Josef from?

Answer 10

Germany

Question 11

What is the name of Josef’s younger sister?

Answer 11

Ruth

Question 12

Josef’s home was broken into by -

Answer 12

Nazi soldiers looking to take his father away

Question 13

What concentration camp was Josef’s father taken to?

Answer 13

Dachau

Question 14

Mahmoud mostly prefers to —

Answer 14

blend in with other people and be invisible

Question 15

Isabel’s neighbor and good friend is -

Answer 15

Ivan