Refugee Chapters 7-9

Question 1

The main conflict in all three stories is

Answer 1

finding a safe place to live

Question 2

What is taking place in all three stories?

Answer 2

The characters are escaping violence by leaving home.

Question 3

Read the passage from Chapter 9: (“Run!” and drag Waleed and his sister away before the whole building came. crashing down into the street, thundering like a jet fighter.) What is the mood of this passage?

Answer 3

frightened

Question 4

Which word best describes the mood in Chapters 7-9?

Answer 4

tense

Question 5

Why were Josef and his mother and sister so startled when they finally saw Josef’s father?

Answer 5

He was very thin, smelled badly, and was behaving oddly.

Question 6

What was the wet foot dry foot policy

Answer 6

If Cubans fleeing to the United States are found in the water, they are sent back to Cuba; if they are found on land, they are allowed to stay here

Question 7

How does Mahmoud’s father, Youssef, lighten the mood after their home has been destroyed?

Answer 7

With humor. Mahmoud knows that Germany, the country they plan to escape to, is cold. His father asks him, “Do you want to build a snowman?”