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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ship Josef's family's boards?

2. What are piropos?

3. Who takes on the role of being "in charge of the boat" (81) on which Isabel and her family are traveling?

4. What does Mahmoud buy for his brother Waleed in one of the shops at the refugee camp in Turkey?

5. Schiendick enrages Josef's father by saying that German law states that what object must be covered with the Nazi flag?

Short Essay Questions

1. What qualities of Senor Castillo's lead to his role as the leader on the boat?

2. How does Mahmoud feel about invisibility?

3. How does the author go about portraying Mahmoud as an empathetic soul?

4. What is the clave?

5. How does Josef feel about invisibility?

6. How is the the ship Josef's family boards shown by the author to be paradoxical?

7. What are the only items that Isabel and the other passengers on the tiny boat have room to bring with them on the journey to Florida from Cuba?

8. When Isabel and Ivan are incredulous that Lito had had many chances to leave Cuba over the years and had not done so, what reasons does Lito give for not leaving?

9. Of everyone in Mahmoud's family, who comes the closest to losing his or her life when the apartment is hit by a missile?

10. What revelation does Lito make to Isabel about Miami, Florida, at one moment in the journey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of family bonds within the novel. What is the author's message regarding family bonds and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Write a critical essay about the novel while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of issues such as class, socioeconomic status, and humanitarian aid.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of revolution treated within the novel and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted eras?

Discuss the author's messages about guilt and responsibility within the novel Refugee.

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