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Questions and Answers
What did the ticket seller's smile suggest to Max?
What did the ticket seller's smile suggest to Max?
- Amusement
- A friendly greeting
- Confirmed suspicion (correct)
- Indifference
Max told Ahmed about Albert Jonnart before their conversation on the street named after Jonnart.
Max told Ahmed about Albert Jonnart before their conversation on the street named after Jonnart.
False (B)
What did Ahmed say refugees receive when coming off the special train in August?
What did Ahmed say refugees receive when coming off the special train in August?
- Flowers
- Money
- Balloons and bags of food (correct)
- Newspapers
What platform were Max and Ahmed boarding on?
What platform were Max and Ahmed boarding on?
What did Ahmed spot that caused him to burst into a smile at the station window?
What did Ahmed spot that caused him to burst into a smile at the station window?
What did Max call out in French when someone tried to yank open the bathroom door?
What did Max call out in French when someone tried to yank open the bathroom door?
There were soldiers and random ID checks at the Frankfurt station.
There were soldiers and random ID checks at the Frankfurt station.
According to Ahmed, if the police officer knocked on the bathroom door, ______ was to answer.
According to Ahmed, if the police officer knocked on the bathroom door, ______ was to answer.
In what language did the soldier demand, 'Where are you boys going?'
In what language did the soldier demand, 'Where are you boys going?'
Flashcards
Safe house
Safe house
A place to conceal oneself from authorities or danger.
Red herring
Red herring
A distraction to divert attention from a person's true intentions.
Apprehension
Apprehension
Feeling or showing anxiety and fear about actual or potential dangers.
Jerk
Jerk
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Refugee camp
Refugee camp
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Identification card
Identification card
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Flutter
Flutter
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Mouthed along
Mouthed along
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Solidarity
Solidarity
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Draw as little attention
Draw as little attention
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Vestibule
Vestibule
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Guiltily
Guiltily
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Ambivalence
Ambivalence
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Tense
Tense
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Flickering
Flickering
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Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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Ram
Ram
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Vienna
Vienna
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Malinois
Malinois
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Queasy
Queasy
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Sleek high-speed train
Sleek high-speed train
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Self-conscious
Self-conscious
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Crinkled eyes
Crinkled eyes
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Choke
Choke
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Suspicion
Suspicion
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Shape-shifting
Shape-shifting
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Concern
Concern
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Silhouette
Silhouette
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Vanish
Vanish
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Disappear
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Study Notes
- The ticket seller smiled, potentially confirming suspicions about Max.
- Max thinks about a police bulletin describing him as "Wanted: American boy, traveling with Syrian suspect."
- Max considers running but the ticket seller pushes two tickets to him.
- Max and Ahmed are traveling from Austria, soon to Vienna.
- Max dreams of people taking Ahmed away.
Flashback
- Ahmed asks how Fontaine knows how to run over roofs if he comes.
- Max realizes he has not told Ahmed about Albert Jonnart.
- Albert Jonnart was caught by the Nazis in 1942.
- A street was named for Albert Jonnart after the war.
Chapter 54
- In Cologne, Max and Ahmed transfer to another train bound for Frankfurt Central Station.
- Ahmed mentions refugees are clapped for, given balloons, and food bags.
- Max contrasts the shift from Germans once being the "bad guys" to being seen as heroes.
- At Frankfurt station, there were no welcoming locals, snacks, or balloons.
- The station felt less tense compared to Brussels.
- No random ID checks, soldiers, or dogs were present.
- A ticket seller with a hipster beard gives them a curious look before selling them tickets to Vienna.
- The ticket seller asks if Max and Ahmed are American.
Aboard The Sleek High-Speed Train
- Max feels the eyes of officers scrutinizing them
- He speaks to Ahmed in a friendly manner.
- Max and Ahmed make it to Platform 21.
- The train is filled with people traveling to Cologne, talking on phones in French and German.
- The passengers do not pay any attention to the two boys
- Max pretends to read Boy Heroes.
- Ahmed flips between the window and his Calculus Affair book if he expected police officers or soldiers to come running down the platform.
- As the train begins to move, Max leans his head against the window.
- Max realizes he never left his parents a note before he left.
Hiding On The Train
- Ahmed wants to hide in the train toilet
- The only place to sit was the toilet, so they both stand.
- There is antiseptic soap smell on the train.
- Ahmed tells Max if there is a knock at the door, Max should answer the door.
- Ahmed prays for Max, even though he does not believe in God.
Avoiding The Soldier
- A soldier in a bulletproof vest pulls Ahmed from a crowd and demands where they are going in French.
- Max replies "scoot trip"
- Max realizes that the soldier is suspicious because Ahmed looks Middle Eastern and Max speaks with an American accent.
- Max starts singing a Scout song to distract the soldier.
- The soldier joins in with part of the scout song recognizing the reference.
- The soldier gives them the three-fingered Scout salute and tells them not to be late.
- They have ten minutes to departure.
- They are heading to platform 21.
- There are more police and police dogs on the platform
In The Bathroom
- Someone knocks on the door and tries to open it.
- Max yells out in French that the bathroom is occupied.
- A woman apologizes.
- Ahmed tells Max to come back like he feels ill if he sees police.
- An old man pushes past Max and Ahmed into the bathroom, impatient as there are no police in sight.
- Max and Ahmed return to their sets
- Ahmed spots the Belgian police officer walking down the platform towards the station.
- Ahmed spots his father's flag waving over the station and starts smiling.
- Ahmed notices a black-cal police officer with an assault rifle in the car checking documents.
- Ahmed recognizes he and Max are in serious trouble.
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Description
Max and Ahmed travel from Austria to Vienna. They later transfer to a train bound for Frankfurt. Max reflects on how Germans transitioned from being perceived as villains to heroes, contrasting it with the lack of welcome at Frankfurt station.
