Frankfurt Station: A Journey
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Where did Max and Ahmed transfer to another train after Cologne?

  • Vienna
  • Brussels
  • Frankfurt Central Station (correct)
  • New York

What did Ahmed say people gave refugees when they came off the train in August?

  • Assault rifles
  • Tickets
  • Bags of food (correct)
  • Money

What did Max think the ticket seller suspected when he asked if they were American?

  • They did not have enough money
  • They were lost tourists
  • They were spies
  • They were traveling with a Syrian suspect (correct)

Where did Max and Ahmed buy fries and Cokes?

<p>McDonald's (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What book was propped in Ahmed's lap while Max was asleep on the train?

<p>The Calculus Affair (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What city were Max and Ahmed traveling to when Max woke up from his nap?

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

What was Ahmed doing while Max was sleeping?

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

Who does Ahmed think knows how to run over roofs?

<p>Fontaine (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

About what year does Max tell Ahmed about Albert Jonnart?

<p>1942 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Max say about how the Germans used to be?

<p>The bad guys (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was unique about Frankfurt station that Max noticed?

<p>It was enormous (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed compare Max to after their interaction with the ticket seller?

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

What did the people do when the train came into the station in August, according to Ahmed?

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

What was the ticket seller's physical feature that was mentioned?

<p>A hipster beard (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What language did the ticket seller speak to Max and Ahmed?

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

What did Max dream about on the train?

<p>They took Ahmed away (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What made Max wake up feeling queasy?

<p>The greasy fries (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Besides the train, what else did Max and Abmed have to buy tickets for?

<p>The next leg, to Vienna (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Ahmed say when Max said he felt it was a close call?

<p>He doesn't go anywhere (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the book Max was reading before he fell asleep?

<p>The Calculus Affair (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

  • In Cologne, Max and Ahmed transfer to another train

  • The train arrives at Frankfurt Central Station an hour later

  • Ahmed had been to Frankfurt before on a special train for refugees in August where people would clap and give food

  • Max finds it strange that Germans were once the bad guys, but now are the good ones

  • Frankfurt station is enormous with over a hundred tracks and five departure halls, making it easy to disappear

  • There are a few police officers with assault rifles, but the atmosphere is less tense than in Brussels

  • They need to buy tickets to Vienna

  • The ticket seller, a young man with a hipster beard, asks if they're American in English

  • Max pictures a police bulletin with "Wanted: American boy, traveling with Syrian suspect"

  • The ticket seller says he was in New York last year

  • Max and Ahmed buy fries and Cokes at McDonald’s, which is packed with kids

  • At 1:45, they board the train to Vienna

  • Max falls asleep but wakes up queasy from the fries and a nightmare

  • Max can't remember what his nightmare was about

  • He looks for Ahmed, who is reading "The Calculus Affair"

  • Ahmed asks if he is okay, Max says he dreamed they took him away

  • They are in Austria, soon to be in Vienna

  • Ahmed has been reading and thinking, including about his dad

  • Ahmed asks how Fontaine knows to run over roofs and if Max has a plan

  • Max says Monsieur Jonnart knows

  • Max realizes he has never told Ahmed about Albert Jonnart

  • He wants Ahmed to know how history saved them

  • The street was named for Albert Jonnart after the war

  • In 1942, Albert

  • As Max starts to tell the story, it is as if they are being transported back in time

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Max and Ahmed arrive in Frankfurt, a bustling station that reminds Ahmed of a past journey. They navigate the station, buy tickets to Vienna, and grab a quick meal at McDonald's before boarding their train.

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