Refugee Chapters 25-42

Question 1

Which ship got to Cuba before the St. Louis?

Answer 1

SS Orduña

Question 2

In which two places did Josef think being Jewish was a crime?

Answer 2

Germany and the St. Louis

Question 3

Germany and the St. Louis

Answer 3

For what father said to Schiendick

Question 4

What metaphor did Josef use for his family?

Answer 4

Three lonely islands separated by an ocean of misery

Question 5

How old was Isabel when Lita disappeared?

Answer 5

9

Question 6

What were Isabel’s parents doing before Lita disappeared?

Answer 6

Fighting

Question 7

What does Isabel refer her life to as?

Answer 7

A song

Question 8

What did Mahmoud see in the distance as he was drowning?

Answer 8

A dinghy full of people

Question 9

Who went on the dinghy full of people?

Answer 9

Hana

Question 10

How long did it take Josef and his mother to put their cabin back together?

Answer 10

A night and a day

Question 11

What is a sleeping draught?

Answer 11

A sleeping medicine

Question 12

What happened when Josef’s mother got the sleeping draught?

Answer 12

A doctor was there, so she said it was for her and drank it

Question 12

Who was the sleeping draught for?

Answer 12

Father

Question 13

What did Josef find in his cabin after his first day as an adult?

Answer 13

His father was gone

Question 14

Where was Isabel’s boat when Ivan asked if they were in Florida?

Answer 14

The Bahamas

Question 15

What was the problem with the Bahamas and refugees?

Answer 15

Any alien will be taken into custody and returned to their country of origin

Question 16

What did the Bahamian commandment offer when Mami was going into labor?

Answer 16

She could stay there for medical attention but she cannot give birth, so when she’s well she’ll be deported back to Cuba

Question 17

T/F: Mami agreed to stay in the Bahamas

Answer 17

False

Question 18

What did rain feel like to Mahmoud?

Answer 18

Allah was crying with them

Question 19

What did Mahmoud find when he heard what sounded like a drumbeat?

Answer 19

The body of the man from his dinghy

Question 20

What did Mahmoud do to the big man’s body?

Answer 20

Prayed to Allah for the man as if it was a funeral

Question 21

What did Josef see when his father jumped overboard?

Answer 21

Shark fins

Question 22

Who saved Josef’s father when he jumped?

Answer 22

Cuban police officers

Question 23

Where was Josef’s father taken after he jumped?

Answer 23

Cuba

Question 24

What word did Lito keep saying that brought back memories?

Answer 24

Mañana

Question 25

What was Papi's solution to the weight problem?

Answer 25

Two people hang on the the boat at a time

Question 26

What did Mahmoud use to signal for help?

Answer 26

The phone in his pocket

Question 27

Who saved Mahmoud and his mother?

Answer 27

A Greek Coast Guard ship

Question 28

Who was on the Greek Coast Guard ship?

Answer 28

Waleed and Father

Question 29

What did Mahmoud see on Lesbos that he thought we hills?

Answer 29

Life jackets and bodies

Question 30

What did Josef wish he was after his father jumped overboard?

Answer 30

Invisible

Question 31

Who is officer Padron really?

Answer 31

Lito

Question 32

What did officer Padron do to Josef's mother?

Answer 32

Told her a pickup line

Question 33

Who did Josef's mother blame for Aaron jumping over?

Answer 33

Herself because she was sedated

Question 34

What did Lito decide to name the boat?

Answer 34

The St. Louis

Question 35

What did Isabel and Ivan see when they were hanging on the boat?

Answer 35

A shark

Question 36

How did Ivan die?

Answer 36

Wounds from sharks

Question 37

Why weren't the people happy when they were in Greece?

Answer 37

They had lost someone going there

Question 38

How did the Blue Star Ferry look like?

Answer 38

Like the lobby of a fancy with snack bars and live Greek soccer games

Question 39

What did Mahmoud notice about how other people see refugees

Answer 39

They only notice them when they do something wrong

Question 40

What did Mahmoud think about being invisible now?

Answer 40

If being invisible in Europe might be the death of him

Question 41

How long does Mahmoud's family have to wait for an official document to travel freely in Greece?

Answer 41

A week

Question 42

Who is Dr. Aber?

Answer 42

Renata and Evelyn's dad

Question 43

What did Captain Schroeder announce?

Answer 43

The ship cannot go to Cuba because President Brú would not see him so the government ordered the ship to leave by tomorrow

Question 44

Since the St. Louis could not go to Cuba, where will it go?

Answer 44

To the American coast to make appeals to President Roosevelt

Question 45

Why did Josef rip his garment like he did when Weiler died?

Answer 45

His father was dead to his family

Question 46

Why didn't Isabel want Ivan's body to be thrown off the boat?

Answer 46

He never liked being alone

Question 47

Why did Luis put his hand on Ivan's chest?

Answer 47

To feel one last connection with him

Question 48

Why did Isabel want Ivan's cap?

Answer 48

To have a piece of him to keep close to her

Question 49

What did Señor Castillo want to do that he can't do now?

Answer 49

Open a restaurant with his sons

Question 50

What did the first taxi driver offer to Mahmoud's family?

Answer 50

A ride to Serbia for 25 Euros

Question 51

What did the second taxi driver do to Mahmoud's family?

Answer 51

Robbed them for 300 Euros

Question 52

What did Josef's mother do that was weird?

Answer 52

Was all happy and wanted to dance

Question 53

Why was Josef named Josef?

Answer 53

After his mother's brother who died during the Battle of Somme

Question 54

Why did Josef's mother start to dance?

Answer 54

To do something instead of waiting for death

Question 55

Why was the ship going back to Europe?

Answer 55

The US refused them

Question 56

Which passenger spoke up when they were announced they were going back to europe?

Answer 56

Pozner

Question 57

What does Pozner want to do?

Answer 57

Take hostages and force the ship to go to the American coast

Question 58

Why did Pozner tell Josef about the rebellion?

Answer 58

He knows the way to the bridge

Question 59

Why did Isabel start kicking the engine?