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Night Diary Final TEST

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Question 1
1.

What happens when the train stops unexpectedly? What does Nisha see? How does show the overall seriousness of what was happening in the country?

Question 2
2.

What was the partition? How did the partition affect the plot of the story?

Question 3
3.

There was an incident involving two boys and a mother and father on the train.

What happened? What does that tell you about what was happening?

" . . . I kind of like it here now. This is the place where we started to live again."
Question 4
4.

She says she "kind of like[s] it." Why does she only "kind of" like it? What's different now? What does she mean they "started to live again?"

The book takes place over the course of 4 months - with the partitioning actually happening as of August 15 - one month after the book starts. Discuss how they lived before (beginning of book) during (over the course of the book) and after (end of the book).

THIS IS A MULTI PARAGRAPH RESPONSE

Question 5
5.

Throughout the story, we see several interactions or relationships between characters that truly reveal something about the characters in question.

Choose TWO options from the list below and explain what we learn about the character.

EACH is a multi sentence response

Papa and Amil (when Amil was severely dehydrated)
Dadi and the family (towards the end of the journey when they were hungry)
Nisha and Hafa
Kazi and the family (end of the book)
Papa and Rashid uncle
Papa and the man at the well
Papa and the man at Rashid uncle's

Question 6
6.

How did they get to see Kazi again? How did Kazi get to stay?

Raspy
Communal
Unfathomable
Refugee
Savor


Pelt
Inexplicable
Recoil
Sludge
Contort
Yearn
Question 7
7.
The _______ waited patiently for the _______ cup of water to get passed around among all of them. It had been so long since he left his home country that he really didn't mind sharing. he just wanted to get some water - he may not even swallow, just _______ the taste for a while. It was _______ to him now, after so many years, that he truly had no home. He was feeling pretty terrible - throat was dry, voice was _______ and hoarse, _______ up to his ankles so badly he really couldn't see his shoes anymore. He just _______ [ed] to be clean, to not _______ in fear whenever someone new showed up.
He thought back to when he left his village, the war had started and the people who were his friends now looked at him like an outsider, an enemy. They began to _______ him with rocks, one had hit right above his eye, causing a huge bump and bigger headache. Luckily that was the least of his injuries from so many rocks. It was _______ to him. Why was he seen now as an enemy? He had run - he almost didn't make it to shelter they were closing the door because of all the rocks thrown around. He had just managed to _______ his body, twisting right around the doorframe to make ti to shelter.
Question 8
8.

Draw your best picture. Skittles for best one.