The boy at the back of the class - chapter 2
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Early on the morning of Monday, January 4, what did Ahmed do?

  • Scaled the garden wall and dropped into the neighbor's yard (correct)
  • Slept in
  • Visited his friend Oscar
  • Went to the library

Did one of the stars wink back at Ahmed?

False (B)

What did Madame Legrand give Ahmed back inside the classroom?

  • A book of French verbs (correct)
  • A math worksheet
  • A note to take home
  • A new pen

What did Ahmed unwrap for lunch?

<p>A soggy peanut butter sandwich (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What language did Max and Ahmed speak to one of the aides in?

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

Ahmed had played football since he'd left Syria.

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

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"Nouveau/Nouveau: New"

French for 'New'. Used to indicate something is new or recently introduced.

"Bienvenue: Welcome"

French for 'Welcome'. A greeting to make someone feel accepted.

"Merci, Madame: Thank you, Madam"

French for 'Thank you, Madam'. A polite way to express gratitude to a woman.

"Pas mal: Not Bad"

French phrase meaning 'Not bad'. Used to express approval or mild praise.

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"Pour ta maman: For your Mom"

French word for 'for your Mom'. Often used when giving forms for a child to take home.

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Cultural Confusion Feeling

A feeling of disorientation or being overwhelmed by new and unfamiliar surroundings.

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Cultural Adaptation

Adapting and integrating into a new culture while retaining aspects of one's original culture.

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Safe Haven

A place offering safety and refuge.

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Resilience

Resilience is to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

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French Verbs

French verb tenses, grammar, and syntax.

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Finding Joy in Learning

The joy of learning, irrespective of total comprehension.

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School Benefits

A place offering a learning and structure environment to kids.

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Scurry

To do something quickly and secretively to avoid being noticed.

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Comprehension

Ability to quickly understand something.

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Exhaustion

Physical or mental weariness

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Scale

To scale is to climb or ascend.

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Swirl of Confusion

The feeling being lost or submerged.

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Skill

The ability to perform a skill.

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Universal rules

Rules that every agrees on.

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Thankfulness

A state of being grateful.

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Sense of Belonging

The feeling of being accepted by others.

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Being Good At Something

The ability.

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Hot Meal Benefits

The sensation of comfort.

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Drafted into a Game

Actively participating in something.

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Being worthy

Having importance.

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Peel off the line

To take off or go into hiding.

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Sliver of light

Small light

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All Clear Signal

A clear signal

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Requires no translation

Incapable of being translated.

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Starting Fresh

A fresh start.

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Study Notes

Max and Ahmed's Plan

  • Ahmed is going to start attending school with Max.
  • It is January 4, a Monday, and still dark when Ahmed leaves to go to school.
  • Ahmed leaves early in the morning, climbing over the garden wall into the neighbor's yard.
  • Ahmed is exhausted, and had barely slept.
  • He is wearing one of Oscar's old uniforms.
  • Ahmed has a backpack that Farah and Max purchased for him.
  • Ahmed and Max made a plan for how to get Ahmed into school safely
  • Max explained that two aides were stationed to prevent people from passing into the school.
  • They had likely never seen Ahmed before, and he was much bigger than the primary school students.
  • Ahmed checked his father's watch, and then bent down to tie his sneaker.
  • At 8:13, Max grazes Ahmed's heel with his shoe, unnoticed.
  • Max says "Pardon" after Ahmed looks up at him wthout recognizing him.
  • Ahmed asks Max if he speaks English.
  • Max pretends to be surprised by this, and directs Ahmed to Madame Legrand.
  • Max asks Ahmed if he is the new kid from Syria.
  • Ahmed confirms that he is Ahmed, and Max says he will take him.
  • Max grabs Ahmed's arm and introduces him to one of the aides as new.
  • The aide welcomes Ahmed, in French.
  • Max then waves to Ahmed and heads into the crowded courtyard.
  • The language, clothes, and faces are all different than back home.
  • Ahmed is still used to the feeling of being lost, after six-months in Europe.
  • There are least at school, there were universal rules he understood.
  • It was necessary to forge his way into school
  • Ahmed is not just being hidden; he is being forged his way into school.
  • Max feels tense because of the large number of lies they need to keep straight to fool so many people.
  • Max promised that Ahmed could go to school, and there is no turning back.

Conversation Between Max and Madame Pauline

  • Max mentions that there is a new kid starting in his class after the Christmas break.
  • This was the day before Christmas break, and Madame Pauline seemed distracted.
  • Max felt it was important to lay the groundwork for Ahmed's introduction.
  • When Max says Ahmed is from Syria, Madame Pauline is immediately interested.
  • Max is annoyed that Madame Pauline assumes he is a terrorist.
  • Madame Pauline's prejudice is motivated by the fact that too many Europeans have too naïve a perspective.
  • Max argues that refugees are escaping terror and simply want the same things as everyone else.
  • Madame Pauline asks at what price the refugees come, citing questions about the loss of the society's values, and suggesting that terrorists pose as refugees to enter Europe.
  • Max notes that something is going to happen in Brussels like in Paris.
  • Max wished he could tell her that she was being paranoid.
  • Madame Pauline is concerned about a possible terrorist target at the Christmas market in Grand Place..
  • Number 50, Albert Jonnart's house, was coming into view. Max wondered if Jonnart had been scared. He must have known the risk to himself and his family of hiding the boy. But he'd still done it
  • Madame Jonnart reveals it was a Nazi collaborator neighbor who told on them for hiding a Jewish boy.
  • According to Madame Pauline, Albert Jonnart was exceptionally courageous.
  • She says that European Jews have been in Europe for centuries.
  • She then claims that they were not trying to blow anyone up, and that these people are different.
  • Max is annoyed that Madame Pauline couldn't see the connection between Ahmed and refugees from the past.

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Ahmed's Monday morning routine is described. We learn about what Madame Legrand returned to Ahmed, his lunch, and his football experiences since leaving Syria. Max and Ahmed speak to one of the aides.

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