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What did Madame Pauline say to Inspector Fontaine?
What did Madame Pauline say to Inspector Fontaine?
"You need to get rid of these people."
What betrays Inspector's Fontaine's annoyance?
What betrays Inspector's Fontaine's annoyance?
- His words
- His body language
- His tone
- An eye twitch (correct)
What did Inspector Fontaine say Islamic State does?
What did Inspector Fontaine say Islamic State does?
Recruits children
Madame Pauline believes that Islam is a violent religion.
Madame Pauline believes that Islam is a violent religion.
What does Inspector Fontaine hand to Max?
What does Inspector Fontaine hand to Max?
What is the man's occupation that Inspector Fontaine gives to Max?
What is the man's occupation that Inspector Fontaine gives to Max?
What language does Farah speak in when she joins Max at his desk?
What language does Farah speak in when she joins Max at his desk?
What score did Max receive on his dictée?
What score did Max receive on his dictée?
Where does Oscar say Farah lives?
Where does Oscar say Farah lives?
Madame Legrand believes in treating everyone with respect.
Madame Legrand believes in treating everyone with respect.
What was Max reading the British editorial about?
What was Max reading the British editorial about?
What did Max say he just speaks a little of?
What did Max say he just speaks a little of?
What type of food did Max bring to Ahmed?
What type of food did Max bring to Ahmed?
Who is Aquaman's half brother?
Who is Aquaman's half brother?
What comic book was Ahmed reading?
What comic book was Ahmed reading?
How many people were killed in the Paris terrorist attacks?
How many people were killed in the Paris terrorist attacks?
What is the name of the Tintin book that Max gives to Ahmed?
What is the name of the Tintin book that Max gives to Ahmed?
Where did Max live before moving?
Where did Max live before moving?
How did Max destroy Kevin's bike?
How did Max destroy Kevin's bike?
What does Ahmed say to Max at the end of their conversation?
What does Ahmed say to Max at the end of their conversation?
Flashcards
The Calculus Affair
The Calculus Affair
A book Max gives Ahmed.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Max's hometown, but notably different.
Longing
Longing
The feeling Ahmed experiences seeing a photo from Max's life.
Wine Cellar
Wine Cellar
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Syria
Syria
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Fleeing Islamic State
Fleeing Islamic State
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Lord Orm
Lord Orm
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Human
Human
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Dyslexia
Dyslexia
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His father
His father
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Nabil Fawzi
Nabil Fawzi
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Falls over laughing
Falls over laughing
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Age Ten
Age Ten
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Why Ahmed seemed unmoved
Why Ahmed seemed unmoved
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Molenbeek
Molenbeek
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Madame Legrand
Madame Legrand
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Clever
Clever
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If she knows any terrorists
If she knows any terrorists
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Struggling to camouflage their unease
Struggling to camouflage their unease
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Editorial calling for stricter identity checks
Editorial calling for stricter identity checks
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Hammering heart
Hammering heart
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Whether it possible he didn't know about Ahmed
Whether it possible he didn't know about Ahmed
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More worried about
More worried about
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Crawling with terrorists
Crawling with terrorists
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Islamic is a violent religion
Islamic is a violent religion
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The importance in Islam of helping people
The importance in Islam of helping people
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They are radicalized
They are radicalized
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A gardener
A gardener
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Perhaps from he was watching
Perhaps from he was watching
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He was fishing for
He was fishing for
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Study Notes
Chapter Nineteen
- Ahmed stayed in the cellar for over 24 hours after Max's mother shouted and Max rushed away, using a bucket instead of the bathroom.
- To pass the time, Ahmed looked at an Aquaman comic.
- Other book had more words with a few photographs.
- The other book seemed to be about boys at war.
- Max arrived carrying a tote bag and a small cooler.
- There were terrorist attacks in Paris.
- More than a hundred people were killed.
Chapter Twenty
- Max brought Ahmed food, supplies, and an English dictionary.
- Max listened to Ahmed read from Boy Heroes of the War Between the States.
- The first chapter of Boy Heroes of the War Between the States was about Johnny Clem.
- Johnny Clem joined the Union Army at age ten.
- Johnny Clem at age twelve, shot the Confederate colonel who had demanded his surrender at the Battle of Chickamauga.
- Max purposefully avoided telling Ahmed the latest news: how the chief planner of the Paris attacks had turned out to be Belgian, how he had traveled back and forth to Syria.
- Three of the other terrorists, including the only one still at large, had lived in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek, a short walk from Parc Maximilien and three miles away from Max’s house.
Max and Ahmed
- Ahmed admits that a book is difficult to read without pictures.
- Ahmed’s father was an English teacher
- Ahmed glanced at the picture of the man with the cage body balanced atop the cliff overlooking the sea.
- Ahmed asks Max to teach him English better and Max agrees
- Max explains that the book is about the boys who invented Superman.
- In Arabic, Clark Kent is called Nabil Fawzi.
- Max tells Ahmed that terrorists were most likely Islamic State, trained in Syria.
- Max brought Ahmed yogurt, veggies, no meat and some more books.
- Ahmed liked the villain, Lord Orm, but Max stated, “But I not like Lord Orm. I not like this bad men in Paris-”
- When Max showed Ahmed photos on his phone:
- Ahmed stared at a photo of two boys on bikes with equal intensity.
- Max explained that it was of Kevin and Malik, and pointed to Kevin's blue mountain bike.
- Max destroyed Kevin's blue mountain bike.
- Ahmed considers Max a good friend.
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Description
Ahmed spends time in the cellar reading comics and a book called Boy Heroes of the War Between the States. Max brings Ahmed food, supplies, and an English dictionary to help him pass the time. The book tells the story of Johnny Clem, who joined the Union Army at age ten.
