What happens when the train stops unexpectedly? What does Nisha see? How does show the overall seriousness of what was happening in the country?
What was the partition? How did the partition affect the plot of the story?
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?
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
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
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
The
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
Draw your best picture. Skittles for best one.