Refugee
What is the correct definition of a REFUGEE?
A person who flees their country due to danger like a war or famine.
Isabel is from what country?
Cuba
Josef is trying to get to the Cuba from where?
Germany
Where was Mahmoud's family trying to get to?
Germany
What happened to Ivan's father at the end of chapter 20?
He fell off the boat and into the water
What year did Isabel's story take place?
1994
What year did Josef's story take place?
1939
What year did Mahmoud's story take place?
2015
In Josef's story he is caught by who on the train when he leaves the Jewish train car?
Hitler Youth
Isabel traded what for gasoline?
Her trumpet and a cat
What reason did Josef AND Isabel have to leave their countries?
Hitler Wanted Jews gone and they were being put in concentration camps. Isabel's family was starving and people were very poor.
How are Mahmoud and his family going to get to Greece?
Isabel, one of the protagonists in the story, is trying to get to the United States from where?
Cuba
What musical term does Isabel want to learn to count?
clave
Where did Josef's father get sent after Kristallnacht?
A concentration camp (Dachau)
Why did Mahmoud's family have to leave their home?
There was a war going on and it got bombed.
What is a sanctuary?
a place of protection
Why can't Isabel's mom help carry the boat into the water?
What causes Josef's father to finally leave his cabin on the boat?
He wanted to attend the funeral for the old man
In what part of the world is Syria located?
The Middle East (NOT AFRICA)