Refugee - First half

Question 1

What killed the man who fell on Mahmoud in the back seat of the car?

Accepted Answer

Bullet wound to the head

Question 2

What was Josef's father not allowed to practice in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Law

Question 3

Why did Isabel's family have a hard time getting out of the tanker's way?

Accepted Answer

The engine stopped.

Question 4

How old was Josef when he had his Bar Mitzvah?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 5

At Josef's Bar Mitzvah, 10 men were needed for something important. What was this group called?

Accepted Answer

minyan

Question 6

The first chapter was on which character?

Accepted Answer

Josef

Question 7

What was the Havana baseball team called?

Accepted Answer

Industriales

Question 8

Isabel was 11. Josef and Mahmoud were both 12 at the start of the book. True or false.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The two men in Mahmoud's family car were arguing over which map apps?

Accepted Answer

Google Maps vs. Apple Maps

Question 10

What is Mahmoud's brother's name?

Accepted Answer

Waleed

Question 11

The man who offered to let Mahmoud's family stay in his car dealership was also a refugee.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Which character was going to stay with his/her family in a stranger's car dealership office?

Accepted Answer

Mahmoud

Question 13

Isabel dove into the water to save Senor Castillo.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What word did the Cubans keep telling the people on board the SS St. Louis?

Accepted Answer

manana

Question 15

What was "Wet Foot - Dry Foot"?

Accepted Answer

If Cubans made it to land, they were safe, If Cubans were caught in the ocean, the were sent back

Question 16

Isabel is from which Cuban city?

Accepted Answer

Havana

Question 17

In Isabel's story, people on the boat were fighting over whether they should start a fire or not.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Whose story do you like best?

Accepted Answer

Mahmoud, Isabel, Josef

Question 19

The author of Refugee is

Accepted Answer

Alan Gratz

Question 20

What does Isabel lose in the storm?

Accepted Answer

Medicine

Question 21

Ruthie had a stuffed animal. What type of animal was it?

Accepted Answer

bunny

Question 22

What is the first country Mahmoud and his family entered after they left Syria?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 23

What was Kristallnacht?

Accepted Answer

The Night of Broken Glass

Question 24

What was the name of the captain of the SS. St. Louis?

Accepted Answer

Gustav Schroeder

Question 25

Which character was worried about his/her family member having a medical examination?

Accepted Answer

Josef

Question 26

What was the name of the seaside city Mahmoud and his family went to in Turkey?

Accepted Answer

Izmir

Question 27

Where did Mahmoud and his family sleep when the hotels were full?

Accepted Answer

In a mall

Question 28

There was food rationing in Cuba. What did this mean?

Accepted Answer

There wasn't enough food.

Question 29

When everyone is dancing on Isabel's boat, the chapter ends with something wrong with the boat. What's wrong?

Accepted Answer

The motor stopped.

Question 30

Who were the two police officers who joined Isabel on the boat?

Accepted Answer

Luis and Amara

Question 31

What did the German crewman want to wrap the body in?

Accepted Answer

Nazi flag

Question 32

What was the large object storming toward Isabel's family?

Accepted Answer

Tanker

Question 33

What is the name of the ship Josef and his family are on?

Accepted Answer

SS St. Louis

Question 34

Mahmoud is from which Middle East country?

Accepted Answer

Syria

Question 35

Which character is involved in a boat crash?

Accepted Answer

Mahmoud

Question 36

Who was the leader of Cuba when Isabel fled?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

Question 37

Josef's father did not pass the medical examination.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

Of the 3 characters, Josef's story is the earliest in history. True/False

Accepted Answer

True - 1930s

Question 39

A Storm Trooper is what...

Accepted Answer

A German specialist soldier

Question 40

What is Josef's father's name?

Accepted Answer

Aaron

Question 41

Why did Cuba hit Rock-Bottom?

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Union had fallen

Question 42

Which word did Alan Gratz use to describe the tanker?

Accepted Answer

leviathan

Question 43

Who has the most siblings?

Accepted Answer

Mahmoud

Question 44

What was the main cause of Aaron Landau's mental health stress?

Accepted Answer

What he saw and experienced in the concentration camp.

Question 45

At the beginning of the book, Mahmoud felt...

Accepted Answer

Invisible

Question 46

Where does the ship's captain steer the ship from?

Accepted Answer

The bridge

Question 47

When Josef's dad finally left his cabin, where did he go?

Accepted Answer

He attended a funeral.

Question 48

What does manana mean?

Accepted Answer

tomorrow

Question 49

Josef's father punched someone during the funeral.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 50

What is the last name of the Syrian leader?

Accepted Answer

Assad

Question 51

After the car was shot, what did Mahmoud's dad go back to the car to get?

Accepted Answer

Phone

Question 52

What was the Arab Spring?

Accepted Answer

Anti-government protests that spread across the Middle East

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