People
What are the names of the 3 main characters in Refugee?
Josef, Isabel, Mahmoud
Where are the 3 characters from?
Josef is from Germany.
Isabel is from Cuba.
Mahmoud is from Syria.
Who joins Mahmoud and his family on their roadtrip?
4 soldiers
What happened in Germany in 1939?
Holocaust
Evidence: When the Nazis invade Josef's apartment, Josef embraces his sister.
What character trait does this show in Josef?
protective, caring, brave
Who was the leader in Cuba in 1994?
Fidel Castro
Where is Isabel's family going?
To the United States
What does Mahmoud's father save from the family car and why?
iphone for diretions
Who was the leader in Syria?
Hafez al-Asaad
Evidence: Mahmoud walks his brother home from school on different routes every day to avoid danger.
What character traits does this show in Mahmoud?
clever, protective, cautious
Who was the leader in Germany during the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler
Where is Josef's family going?
Cuba
How will Josef and his family travel from Germany to Cuba?
by train to Hamburg, then by ship to Cuba
Why did Josef's family leave? (Be specific)
Jewish during Holocaust.
Isabel takes care of a hungry, scrawny cat, so it doesn't get eaten by the hungry Cubans.
What character trait does this show?
What was the name of Mahmoud's friend who died in the airstrike?
Khalid
Where is Mahmoud's family going by car?
Turkey
Isabel and her family are in a boat going to the United States. What do they have to do in order for the United States to accept them and give them help?
Get to dry land
Why did Isabel's family leave? (Be specific)
Fidel Castro, people are starving in Cuba
How old is Isabel? What does she look like? (At least 3 descriptors/adjectives)
11 years old
(p. 7) "...thin, hungry, and in need of a bath...lanky arms and legs. Her brown face was splotchy with freckles, and her thick black hair was cut short for summer and pulled back behind her ears. She was barefoot like always, and wore a tank top and shorts."
What was the name of Josef's friend who beat him up after Herr Meier's lesson?
Klaus
Germany
boat
Why did Mahmoud's family leave? (Be specific)
Syrian Civil War, violence, missile struck apartment
How old is Mahmoud? What does he look like? (At least 3 adjectives/descriptors)
12 years, wore a hoodie and wanted to be invisible
(p.12) "...a long, strong nose, thick black eyebrows, and short-cropped black hair. He was stocky, his shoulders wide and muscular despite the food shortages..."