Vocabulary
to look at someone or something in a way that shows anger or disapproval
Scowl
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
relating to suffering from a mental illness that causes you to falsely believe that people are trying to harm you.
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
A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way.
Dictator
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
Appearing to be in a daze or unresponsive
Catatonic
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
The usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one.
Revoultion
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!