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Refugee Chapters 43-53 Flashcards

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1
Q

What happened to Mahmoud when they tried to storm the fence in Hungary?

A

Tear gasTear gas

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2
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What app did Mahmoud’s father use to figure out which direction to face Mecca to pray?

A

iSalam

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3
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When Mahmoud and his father are “arrested” as refugees, where are they taken?

A

little town North of Hungary called Gyor

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4
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Why were they upset?

A

They couldn’t find Mother and Waleen

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5
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Where did they find Mother and Waleen?

A

in the prison with the women

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6
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Why did the guards at the immigration detention center beat Mahmoud’s dad?

A

He refused to be processed

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7
Q

What is Mahmoud’s secret to avoid the “Bullies”?

A

disappear or be invisible

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8
Q

When did Mahmoud decide that he needed to be VISIBLE?

A

When the United Nations people came to inspect the refugee camp

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9
Q

Where does Mahmoud say he’s doing when he walks out of the Hungarian prison?

A

walking to Austria

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10
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What did the other refugees do when Mahmoud walked out

A

They all followed him and started walking to Austria for 12 hours without food and water

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11
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What happened to Mahmoud when he was walking

A

a reporter interviewed him

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12
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What do the Austrians do when Mahmoud’s group of refugees enter their country?

A

Welcome them

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13
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What country does Mahmoud’s family find a safe place to stay in the end?

A

Germany

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14
Q

Who is a member of the host family that takes in Mahmoud’s family in Berlin?

A

Josef’s sister Ruth-She is a grandmother now

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15
Q

What happens to Josef and his mother after they are captured by the Nazis?

A

Ruth said they died in a concentration camp

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16
Q

At the end, Ruth was old and showed Mahmoud a picture of who?

A

her mom and Josef that died in a concentration camp

17
Q

What is Josef’s grandfather’s connection to the MS St. Louis?

A

he was one of the Cuban policemen on the ship

18
Q

What weapons do the Jews have to storm the bridge and take over the MS St. Louis?

A

metal candlesticks and pieces of pipe

19
Q

How many mutineers were there on the St. Louis including Josef trying to take over the ship

A

10

20
Q

What promise does Captain Shroeder give the Jews after they leave the border of Cuba?

A

He will run the ship aground in England-He will not take them to Germany

21
Q

Instead of sending them back to Germany, what countries agreed to split up Josef and the other refugees among them?

A

Belgium, Holland, and France

22
Q

Where did Josef and his family get sent when they finally got off the ship?

A

France

23
Q

What Bible story did Josef compare his time on the ship?

A

Moses wandering the desert for forty days and forty nights

24
Q

What humiliating thing happened to Josef since he couldn’t speak French?

A

He got put in 1st grade

25
Q

What does Josef’s sister Ruthie always cling to?

A

Stuffed bunny, Bitsy

26
Q

Where are Josef and his family trying to get when they are caught in France by German soldiers?

A

Switzerland

27
Q

Why was Josef’s mother always adamant that they keep their coats on, even in the summer?

A

She had sewn jewelry in them

28
Q

What country is Josef’s family trying to get to when they are caught by Nazi soldiers?

A

Switzerland

29
Q

What impossible choice was Josef’s mother given by the German soldier?

A

Choose one of her children to go free and one to go to a concentration camp

30
Q

What does Josef’s mother bribe the Nazi soldiers with?

A

diamond earrings

31
Q

What started just as the U.S. Coast guard came close to Isabel’s boat?

A

her mother started having a baby

32
Q

What does Isabel’s grandfather do to distract the US Coast Guard?

A

jumps in the Waterloo distract the Coast Guard

33
Q

When Lito (Isabel’s grandfather) was a young police officer in Cuba what did he have to do that is haunting him?

A

He sent back a ship full of Jewish refugees

34
Q

What is Isabel’s baby brother’s name?

A

Mariano after her grandfather

35
Q

Where did Isabel and her family land before the Coast Guard captured them?

A

Miami

36
Q

What happened as Isabel and her family made it to land?

A

People on the beach helped them. Her mom had just given birth to her little brother and she was holding him.

37
Q

What does Isabel do in her second week at her new school?

A

audition for the orchestra

38
Q

What song did Isabel play for her orchestra tryout in Miami?

A

The Star Spangled Banner with a Cuban beat

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