Characters
This is Amal's teacher before she leave school.
Who is Miss Saadia?
vs Self
vs Character
vs Nature
vs Society
This item represents Amal's freedom to bond with her family and live a normal life: Someone tries to take it away from her.
What is the Pomegranate?
Assumptions about appearances, characteristics, and behavior a person should present based off of whether they define themselves as male or female.
Gender expectations.
Name three types of traditional Muslim headdresses that women wear in Amal Unbound.
Hijab, Nijab, Berka, Chador, Shayla
This character is Jawad Sahib's mother.
Nasreen Baji
What is the inciting incident of the novel?
Amal refuses to give Jawad Sahib a pomegranate.
This represents the barriers between the rich and the common people.
The walls of the Khan estate and Amal's house.
Symbol
Omar Rising
This character had Amal's job before she came to the estate.
Who is Nabila?
Describe the rising action of Amal Unbound.
Amal is coerced into working as a bonded laborer in Jawad Sahib's estate
This item of Amal's mothers' represents heritage, family pride, and roots to our past.
Her bangles.
A person who is trapped in a form of slavery/indentured servitude to pay off a debt.
Bonded laborer
This ancient civilization was famous for it's freedom of religion, it's beautiful art, and it's famous architecture. It spanned all of modern day India and Paksitan.
The Mughals
This is Amal's youngest sister's name.
Who is Lubna?
Amal has a teacher in the literacy center: what does her teachers FATHER do for a living?
He is a lawyer.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Get it right for 800, lose 400 if you get it wrong.
This is a common symbol that often represents a person's heritage, their preferences, their past, and their home.
Food (in Amal Unbound, traditional Pakistani dishes, rice, chai, and roti)
A person who speaks out for their own rights, wants, and needs.
Self-advocate
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Get it right for 800 points. Get it wrong and lose 400.
Name ONE country in which women are still not allowed to vote.
Saudi Arabia - Somalia - United Arab Emirates - Qatar
What are Amal's parents names? (Their real names, not Amma and Abu)
Malik and Mehnaz
Why does Omar leave the village in Amal Unbound?
He moves away to attend a boarding school in the city.
These represent power, knowledge, and privelage in Amal Unbound.
Books
A person's freedom to make their own decisions or to be independent from others.
Agency
This author is Amal's favorite, and she reads a biography about his life. He is also mentioned on our Reading Guide, as the national poet of Pakistan.
Muhhamed Iqbal