Chapter Nine: Family Routine and Memories
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What did Ahmed search for in the cluttered kitchen drawer?

A ring of identical keys.

Ahmed had a good reason to leave the house.

False (B)

What did Ahmed find in the bottom of a cup of pens and pencils?

A couple of two-euro coins.

Where did Ahmed find more change?

<p>On the mantel, in the laundry room floor, and beneath the cushions of the living room couch.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed buy at the supermarket?

<p>Crackers, tinned fish, and beans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Albert Jonnart do in the story?

<p>All of the above. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened to Jonnart after the Gestapo found him?

<p>He was sent to prison, then to a labor camp in France, where he died.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Max's father had shown him secret rooms behind a door off the basement, including an old wine cellar.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed add to his list to help him be less cold at night?

<p>An inflatable camping mat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed repeat that soothed him?

<p>Both A and B (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed cut out of local flyers and glossy magazines?

<p>His favorite pictures, a superhero with a trident and golden scales, and a drawing of a man with a birdcage for a body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What would the family do the first week of November?

<p>The family went away.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Max order his father to do at the beginning of the passage?

<p>&quot;Drive.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the NATO charter, what do countries need to have?

<p>A plan for how to help itself in case it is attacked until allies can step in (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Madame Pauline, she was talking about the Belgians defensive flood in WW1.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the Belgians try to keep their land from the Germans?

<p>They flooded their own land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What song made Max even more homesick?

<p>&quot;(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

What language Lullaby was the soft lilt of her voice as she sang?

<p>Rima tnam-Rima, Sleep-to Nouri.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Ahmed had been hiding in the house cellar for months.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed need, especially for the weekends if he stayed in the cellar?

<p>His own store of foods, and money to pay for it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fill In the blank: Max didn't know how to say any cool animals--eagle, mountain lion, _____.

<p>bear</p> Signup and view all the answers

What meeting did Max wish Inspector Fontaine had never showed up at his house?

<p>Scoot</p> Signup and view all the answers

What idea did Ahmed come up with to sneak onto?

<p>A train heading to Calais.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What would Ahmed do at 3:35?

<p>The boy returned from school with a woman who sometimes spoke French.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Max thought Scouts was as lame as Oscar.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Routine

A daily schedule where activities repeat regularly.

Hajla

A game involving hopping between chalk squares.

Cheer

To provide support and encouragement.

Market

A place where goods are bought and sold.

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Lullaby

Warm, gentle songs often sung to children.

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The Jungle

A situation or place marked by poverty and poor living conditions.

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Resilience

Enduring hardship or difficulty.

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Forest

A location for meetings and activities

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Spirit Animal

Choosing an animal to represents a person

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Crapaud

French for toad.

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Scoots

Meetings for Scouts

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NATO

A military alliance.

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Resilience Plans

The ability of a country to defend itself until allies can help.

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Bristled

To resist or show opposition.

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Defensive Flood

A military strategy where land is flooded to stop an enemy.

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Rile

Annoy or provoke.

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Dictée

A dictation exercise to practice language skills.

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Corrected

To correct.

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Orchid Grower

A grower of orchids.

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Compulsively

Forced to do something.

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Cloth Orchids

A false or substitute item.

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Hid

Secretly protected or sheltered.

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Fled

Someone running from something.

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Gestapo

The German secret police during World War II.

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Labor Camp

A prison camp where prisoners are forced do hard labor.

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Struggling

Struggling to do something.

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Wine Cellar

A place for storing wine.

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Albert Jonnart.

A street name.

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Jean Linden

A street name before Albert Jonnart.

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Friend Scout

Someone who helps his fellow scouts.

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Study Notes

Chapter Nine

  • Ahmed learned the family routine as he regained strength.
  • Weekday mornings, everyone was out of the house by 8:15 AM, and no one returned until the afternoon.
  • Ahmed then has a good deal of time to himself to do things like: move the orchids, shower, gather food, record his activities, wash his clothes, pet the cat, and exercise.
  • Ahmed would stop what he was doing just before the Seamaster clock struck ten.
  • He would stand by the back door of the living room, listening to the children in the schoolyard during their 20-minute mid-morning break.
  • Listening to the voices helped him imagine Jasmine playing haila.
  • Ahmed remembered his grandfather, who would converse with the roses in his nursery.
  • Ahmed would then talk to the orchids, telling them about Baba and life in Aleppo before the war.
  • His grandfather would join their street football games and cheer the loudest.
  • As a child, Nouri would pull his beard and play with his lips even when he was trying to talk to his friends.
  • Ahmed and Jasmine would go to the market with him, and he would give them fresh milk to drink before taking it home to Mama to boil.

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Ahmed adjusts to the family's routine and spends his mornings alone. He finds comfort in listening to the children at play and reminiscing about his past. He talks to the orchids, sharing stories of his life in Aleppo before the war.

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