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Isabel´s grandfather
Lito
Ivan´s older brother
Luis
Celebrates his bar mitzvah
Josef
The owner of Isabel´s boat
Senior Castillo
Has been to a concentration camp
Josef´s father
Starts a mutiny
Pozner
Son who shows little emotion
Waleed
Mean crewman on the M.S St. Louis
Schiendick
Dies at sea
Ivan
Has a sense of humor
Mahmoud´s father
Renata and Evelyn´s father
Dr. Aber
Luis´s girlfriend
Amara
¨Well she couldn’t choose. How could be? So my brother chose for her.¨
Ruthie
¨No! I don’t want my baby to be born in Cuba.¨
Isabel´s Mama
I’m so sorry I made you give Hana away.
Mahmoud
“You said if I was quiet, if I stood very still, they wouldn’t come for me.”
Josef’s Papa
“I wouldn’t live in this awful country if it was made of gold!”
Mahmoud’s father
“Jewish rats”
Schiendick
“No.no we can’t leave him here! He’ll be all alone.”
Isabel
We will cruise the American coast and make appeals to President Roosevelt.
Captain Schroeder
The novel is narrated from the point of:
A third-person narrator
The author uses plenty of figurative language in Refugee mainly so:
The reader can understand feelings, sights, and events more vivaldi
Which response best describes the novel’s unique format?
The chapters alternate each character’s story
Which is not a central theme of the novel
Friendship is a gift one should not take for granted
The novel’s closing words are “It felt like home.” The author probably chose these words
To emphasize that home is important to Mahmoud and the other refugees
The Hitler Youth on the train most likely lets Josef go because
He is still partly a caring person
Which item is a powerful symbol for conflict on the M.S St. Louis
A Nazi Flag
