Refugee Quizzes

Refugee Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Refugee?
Alan Gratz

Alan Watts

John Green

John Gratz
2 Who narrates Refugee?
An unnamed first-person narrator

Alan Gratz

Isabel, Josef and Mahmoud

An unnamed third-person narrator
3 What form does Refugee take?
Film

TV Series

Novel

Short-story collection
4 In what year was Refugee published?
1990

2017

1994

2001
5 Who is the protagonist of Refugee?
There are three: Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud

Isabel

Josef

Mahmoud
6 Who is the primary antagonist of Refugee?
Adolf Hitler

There are different antagonists in each of the three storylines

Bashir al-Assad

Fidel Castro
7 In what year does the Josef storyline begin?
1994

2001

2015

1938
8 Why do Nazis arrest Josef's father?
For continuing to work as a lawyer in contravention of an anti-Semitic law

For not wearing his armband

For shooting a man

They give no reason
9 In what country does Josef live at the beginning of the novel?
Cuba

Germany

England

France
10 How old is Josef at the beginning of his story?
6

13

14

12
11 How old is Ruthie at the beginning of Josef's storyline?
12

21

6

13
12 Where does Josef's father go for six months from 1938–1939?
England

Cuba

France

Dachau concentration camp
13 On what condition do the Nazis release Josef's father?
That he promise to stop practicing his profession

That he join the Brownshirts

That he move his family out of the country

None of these
14 In what year does Isabel's storyline take place?
2015

2001

1939

1994
15 Who is Iván?
Isabel's boyfriend

Isabel's brother

Isabel's cousin

Isabel's neighbor
16 What issue does Gratz focus on at the beginning of Isabel's storyline?
Widespread starvation in Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The toppling of Fidel Castro's government

The Bay of Pigs Invasion
17 What is "el norte"?
Isabel's grandfather's boat

Cubans' shorthand term for the United States, which is north of Cuba

The Soviet Union

None of these
18 Why was Isabel's father once imprisoned for a year?
He assaulted a cop

He was part of a riot

He couldn't pay his debts

He was caught trying to escape by boat to the US
19 What instrument does Isabel play?
Trumpet

Guitar

Trombone

Drums
20 What major city does Isabel live in proximity to?
Denver

Puerta Vallarta

Havana

Porto
21 How does Isabel try to earn money in Cuba?
Collecting bottles

Busking with her instrument

None of these—she is a student with no need for money

Selling scrap metal
22 In what city does Mahmoud live at the beginning of his storyline?
Springfield

Delhi

Aleppo

Dakar
23 What does Mahmoud try to do in Syria?
Fight others for attention

Fight others for bread

Remain "invisible" to others

Make lots of friends
24 What garment does Mahmoud wear that Gratz details?
Burqa

Kaftan

Hoodie

None of these
25 Who is Waleed?
Mahmoud's bully

Mahmoud's best friend

Mahmoud's father

Mahmoud's younger brother

earthly analogy

Sorry, I'm not sure what you are asking here. Can you elaborate?

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Refugee reflection pages 236-252

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Find three figures of speech

Simile:

“Isabel woke to a warm orange glow on the horizon and a silver sea stretching out before them like a mirror. It was as though the storm had been some kind of feverish nightmare. Señor Castillo woke from his nightmare too, parched like a...

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