Vocabulary
the remains of anything destroyed; trash
Debris
What country does Josef's story start in?
Germany
What country does Isabel's story start in?
Cuba
What country does Mahmoud's story start in?
Syria
Which story is set during the 1930s?
Josef
This word means very skinny
Gaunt
What does Josef have to wear on his armband?
Star of David
What language does Isabel speak?
Spanish
What is Mahmoud's religion?
Islam
Whose friend is building a raft to escape to America?
Isabel
appearing to be in a daze; unresponsive
Catatonic
Why was Josef's father arrested?
He was practicing law
Why did Isabel's father spend a year in prison?
He tried to escape from Cuba.
What was the big event in chapter 6?
A missile destroyed Mahmoud's apartment
Who prays 5 times a day?
Mahmoud
Sheepish
Embarrassed or shy
How did Josef feel when his teacher compared Jews to "real" Germans?
Embarrassed
What was Isabel doing on the Malecon?
Playing her trumpet for extra money.
What happened to Mahmoud's friend Khalid?
He died in an airstrike
Waleed and Hana are which character's siblings?
Mahmoud
Languish
to become weak or feeble from neglect
Why are Josef and his family fleeing to Cuba?
They will be arrested and sent to a concentration camp if they stay in Germany.
Why does Isabel's father need to leave Cuba?
He was in an anti-government riot
Why isn't Syria safe?
There is a civil war going on
In which story is the government causing the characters to feel unsafe?
All of them!