Refugee Quizzes

Refugee Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Refugee?
Alan Gratz

Alan Watts

John Green

John Gratz
2 Who narrates Refugee?
Isabel, Josef and Mahmoud

Alan Gratz

An unnamed third-person narrator

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

Novel

Short-story collection

TV Series
4 In what year was Refugee published?
1990

1994

2017

2001
5 Who is the protagonist of Refugee?
Mahmoud

Isabel

There are three: Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud

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

Fidel Castro

Bashir al-Assad

There are different antagonists in each of the three storylines
7 In what year does the Josef storyline begin?
2015

1994

1938

2001
8 Why do Nazis arrest Josef's father?
For not wearing his armband

For continuing to work as a lawyer in contravention of an anti-Semitic law

For shooting a man

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

Cuba

France

Germany
10 How old is Josef at the beginning of his story?
12

13

6

14
11 How old is Ruthie at the beginning of Josef's storyline?
6

13

12

21
12 Where does Josef's father go for six months from 1938–1939?
England

Dachau concentration camp

Cuba

France
13 On what condition do the Nazis release Josef's father?
That he move his family out of the country

That he join the Brownshirts

That he promise to stop practicing his profession

None of these
14 In what year does Isabel's storyline take place?
1939

2015

2001

1994
15 Who is Iván?
Isabel's neighbor

Isabel's brother

Isabel's boyfriend

Isabel's cousin
16 What issue does Gratz focus on at the beginning of Isabel's storyline?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Widespread starvation in Cuba

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The toppling of Fidel Castro's government
17 What is "el norte"?
The Soviet Union

Isabel's grandfather's boat

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

None of these
18 Why was Isabel's father once imprisoned for a year?
He couldn't pay his debts

He assaulted a cop

He was caught trying to escape by boat to the US

He was part of a riot
19 What instrument does Isabel play?
Trumpet

Guitar

Trombone

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

Denver

Porto

Puerta Vallarta
21 How does Isabel try to earn money in Cuba?
Selling scrap metal

Busking with her instrument

Collecting bottles

None of these—she is a student with no need for money
22 In what city does Mahmoud live at the beginning of his storyline?
Dakar

Delhi

Springfield

Aleppo
23 What does Mahmoud try to do in Syria?
Make lots of friends

Fight others for bread

Remain "invisible" to others

Fight others for attention
24 What garment does Mahmoud wear that Gratz details?
Hoodie

Burqa

Kaftan

None of these
25 Who is Waleed?
Mahmoud's best friend

Mahmoud's younger brother

Mahmoud's father

Mahmoud's bully

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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