Refugees
How did Jamal's family escape from Afghanistan to get across the border?
Hidden in the back of a truck.
What English soccer team does Jamal follow ?
Manchester United
What occupation did Jamal and Bibi's father have?
Baker
Name a country that borders Afghanistan.
Pakistan
Iran
How many boys are playing soccer in the opening scene?
Three
What did Rashida pay the pirates with?
A Watch.
What colour lipstick was Rashida wearing?
Green
Yusuf is the name of Jamal's friend. Name another friend who played soccer with him before he left home.
Aziz
What is the name of the extremist group that ruled Afghanistan at the time the novel was written?
Taliban
Where did Jamal first meet Omar?
At the refugee camp in Pakistan
From what country did most refugees leave by boat to reach Australia?
Indonesia
What is Bibi's favourite insult when she is angry.
Camel Snot
Why did Rashida's family return to Afghanistan from Australia?
To care for a sick family member.
Why is everyone shocked by Rashida's when they first meet her?
She is not dressed or acts like an Afghani female.
What is the name of the first Australian that Jamal meets?
Gavin
What colour were the sailors overalls who tried to throw Bibi in the water?
Yellow
What food does the Australian sailor offer Jamal more of?
Fish Fingers
How did Jamal and Bibi's parents get girls to and from school without being seen?
The hid in the boot of the taxi.
Name three things that females can not do in Afghanistan.
Go to school
Leave home without being fully covered.
Leave home without a male chaperon.
What did Yusuf give to Jamal
The soccer ball
Who wrote the play Boy Overboard?
Patricia Cornelius
‘I remember what Mum told me about her ancestors. Fierce brave ______ _______, tall and proud in the saddles of their mighty Arab steeds"
What were Jamal's mother's ancestors?
Desert Warriors
What does the candlestick symbolise?
Good luck
Protection
Hope
How many years did the latest Afghanistan war continue before the allies withdrew?
Twenty
Why is Rashida not travelling with her parents?
They didn't have enough money for all of them to leave.