Josef
This country finally accepted the passengers from the St. Louis after Cuba turned them away.
What is France?
Isabel played this instrument throughout the story.
What is a trumpet?
Where does Mahmoud’s family live at the end of the novel?
What is Berlin, Germany?
Josef was leaving this country while Mahmoud was trying to get there.
What is Germany?
Mahmoud originally believed it was better to be this.
What is invisible?
What happened to Josef’s father in Cuba?
What is he passed away in Cuba before reuniting with his family?
What happened to Lito at the end of the novel?
What is he stayed in Cuba?
Who offered to host Mahmoud’s family?
Who are the Rosenbergs?
How are Josef and Isabel’s stories connected?
What is Josef was trying to get into Cuba while Isabel was leaving Cuba, AND/OR Lito was the guard on the St. Louis?
Josef sacrificed himself for this person.
Who is Ruthie/his sister?
What happened to Josef and his mother?
What is they were taken to a concentration camp and killed?
What song did Isabel play at the end of the novel?
What is The Star-Spangled Banner?
What gift does Frau Rosenberg give Waleed?
What is a stuffed rabbit?
How does Josef’s story connect to Mahmoud’s story?
What is Ruthie later helps Mahmoud’s family in Germany?
This organization documented conditions in Mahmoud’s refugee camp.
What is the United Nations/UN?
How did Ruthie survive?
What is she was taken in by another family?
Why was Isabel’s version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” significant?
What is she played it with a different Cuban beat/style?
Why is the stuffed rabbit important?
What is she carried it as a child during her own refugee experience?
All three main characters share this common goal.
What is finding safety/freedom/home?
What major theme is shown through all three stories?
What is sacrifice/courage/family?
Josef’s story teaches readers this major theme about sacrifice and family.
What is putting others before yourself?
How did Isabel’s family assimilate into the United States? (Your answer must explain all three - Isabel, her mother, and her father)
What is Isabel started school, her mother opened an in-home daycare, and her father became a taxi driver?
How did the author resolve Hana’s story?
What is Hana’s story was not fully resolved, but the family continues searching for her?
OR
It wasn't resolved is also an acceptable answer...
How does the Star of David connect to Josef and Mahmoud’s stories?
What is Josef was forced to wear it, and it symbolizes the conflict between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East?
What is the author’s main purpose in writing Refugee?
What is to help readers understand refugee experiences and/or build empathy?