Josef
What happened to Josef's dad in the first chapter?
He was taken to a concentration camp by Hitler's Storm Troopers.
The name of Isabel's best friend is...
Ivan
This event happened in the 1930s-1940s, Hitler was killing millions of people including Jews, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+, and the disabled.
The Holocaust
What was the name of the ship Josef and his family were on?
The MS St. Louis.
What year does Isabel's story take place?
1994
Mahmoud and his family's greatest tool was...(hint, you love these)
The cell phone
This event is when thousands of Cubans left on makeshift rafts and fled to El Norte (America).
The Cuban Exodus
Josef's Bar Mitsvah symbolized what?
His becoming of a man/adult
What was the reason Isabel's family left Cuba?
Her dad was a fugitive
When did Mahmoud's dad stop being a jokester?
After being beaten by the army in Hungary
It started when Germany invaded Poland.
World War II
Where did Captain Schroeder say he wanted to take the ship after the U.S. rejected the MS St. Louis?
Great Britain
What U.S. city were the Castillo's and Isabel's family heading towards?
Who ends up being Mahmoud's host mother?
Ruthie Landou
What was the war that Mahmoud was running away called?
The Syrian Civil War
What possession of Josef's mother was Ruthie carrying the entire time?
Diamond earrings
What is Lito's nickname for Isabel?
Chabela
Mahmoud met a kind old man in Turkey who was a refugee, where was he originally from?
Palestine
There were several uprisings and protests within Middle Eastern/West Asian countries all around the same time, what was this period called?
Arab Spring