CHARACTER
What is the name of the kind man?
What is Ghulam Ali?
What does prosthetic mean?
What is artificial body part?
"You and your mother are in my care now." Who does "you" refer to?
What is the narrator or Farrah Ahmedi?
What are they trying to cross?
What is the border?
Is the narrator writing the story in the present, past, or future?
What is past?
Who was the main character traveling with?
What is her mother?
What does surge mean?
What is to move forward abruptly?
"Tomorrow do not throw yourself against those border guards again." Who says this?
What is Ghulam Ali?
Where are they trying to escape from?
What is Kabul, Afghanistan?
How long was their hike through the goat path?
What is many hours but not an entire day?
On the first day, who did the main character meet FIRST?
What is Ghulam Ali's wife?
What does recede mean?
What is to move back?
In the story, Ghulam Ali says, "It's time." What is he referring to? It is time for what?
What is to take the goat path to escape?
Where did the main character get her prosthetic leg from?
What is Germany?
What distracted the main character during the journey?
What is her mother's concern?
At the gate, who were they confronted by?
What is the guards?
What does trudge mean?
What is to walk slowly due to exhaustion?
Ghulam Ali said, "Look at that girl. She's missing a leg and yet she's going faster than you. Why can't you keep up?" Who is Ghulam Ali comparing the main character to?
What is his daughter?
According to the story, is her prosthetic leg new or used?
What is used?
At the end, did they make it across the border?
What is yes?
What is the narrator's name?
What is Farrah Ahmedi?
What does goat path mean?
What is an escape path or unpaved path?
The narrator says, "Her asthma was pretty bad at this point, poor thing" (Page __). What page is this on?
What is 13?
How long would the hike have taken without the main character and her mom?
What is a bit over an hour?
Ghulam Ali's kindness gave the main character _____ and _____.
What is hope and faith?