Josef
Germany 1938
Isabel is from ___________________ in ____________
Outside Havana Cuba in 1994
Mahmoud is from _____________________ in _______
Aleppo Syria in 2015
What does Sturmabteilung mean?
Hitler's Storm Troopers
What does Kristallnachet mean?
The night of broken glass.
Josef's father isn't allowed to practice ___________ because he is Jewish. What act prevented him from doing his job?
Law
Civil Restoration act of 1937
Ivan is Isabel's _________
best friend
Why does Mahmoud hide his size?
He wants to remain invisible from any threats/ fighting
When the Soviet Union went away, so did all of Cuba’s _______________.
support
What is a clave?
An irregular beat under the beat.
Josef has a little ___________ named ____________.
sister; Ruthie
Cuba is a _____________ country.
Communist
Why does Mahmoud take his brother home on a different path every day?
To keep them safe from bombings
Isabel finds a _______ that is just as ____________ as her.
1. Cat
2. hungry
What is a communist country?
a state governed by a single party characterized by state ownership of the means of production, centralized economic planning, and the suppression of private property.
What happened to Josef that was so humiliating?
He peed his pants
Why is Havana Harbor Isabel's favorite place in the city?
The people, music, buildings, culture, etc
Aleppo was an amazing ______________ until ______ when the ________________ came to Syria.
1. city
2. 2011
3. Arab Spring
What event made Mahmoud start craving invisibility?
When he and his best friend were beaten daily.
What does 'indignation' mean?
Intense, righteous anger combined with contempt or disgust, typically aroused by unfairness, injustice, or unworthy behavior.
What were the seven invaders wearing?
Normal clothes with swastika arm bands
Where have people been breaking into for food? What is the 'food' they are eating?
The zoo; all of the animals
What does the author mean when he says, “Syria was ruled by Bashar al-Assad, who had twice been ‘elected’"?
Assad was not elected. If anyone were to run against him they would 'disappear'.
The war makes Mahmoud _________, but it makes his brother like a ___________.
1. Anxious
2. robot
What does the word 'recoiled' mean?
suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust.