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Where was the letter that Ahmed's father showed him from?
Where was the letter that Ahmed's father showed him from?
- A friend in America
- A school in Belgium
- An immigration office in Greece
- The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Silver Spring, Maryland (correct)
America was accepting an unlimited number of Syrian immigrants.
America was accepting an unlimited number of Syrian immigrants.
False (B)
Where would Max be moving to?
Where would Max be moving to?
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Belgium
- Greece
- Charlottesville, Virginia (correct)
What city does Ahmed's father point to in the letter?
What city does Ahmed's father point to in the letter?
What did Ahmed learn a few phrases of?
What did Ahmed learn a few phrases of?
Who praised Ahmed's dictée?
Who praised Ahmed's dictée?
What does Ahmed touch of his father's?
What does Ahmed touch of his father's?
Flashcards
Kiskunhalas
Kiskunhalas
A place of holding, often referring to refugees or asylum seekers.
Hope
Hope
The feeling that something desired is possible; belief in a positive future outcome.
Loss of Faith
Loss of Faith
Loss of conviction in a positive outcome.
Weighing Suffering
Weighing Suffering
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Unfurl
Unfurl
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Reveries
Reveries
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Petition
Petition
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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
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Ban
Ban
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Tide of Sadness
Tide of Sadness
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Enormous Challenges
Enormous Challenges
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Baba
Baba
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Asylum Seeker
Asylum Seeker
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Waving
Waving
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Accepting
Accepting
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Paperwork
Paperwork
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Faith
Faith
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Try
Try
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Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire
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Dictée
Dictée
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Lost forever
Lost forever
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Approved
Approved
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Enormous
Enormous
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New culture
New culture
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Find it again
Find it again
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A gut feeling
A gut feeling
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Safe Haven
Safe Haven
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Try
Try
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Starting Over
Starting Over
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Waving
Waving
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Study Notes
- Ahmed's father excitedly shares that their petition was approved, they are going to America.
- The letter comes from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Reka mentioned America is only accepting ten thousand Syrians, because of a candidate who wants to ban all Muslim immigrants.
- Ahmed remembers that Max will be moving back to America in a few months.
- They will be living in Charlottesville, Virginia, which is three hours south of Washington, D.C. where Max lives.
- Ahmed realizes enormous challenges await, including a new country, culture, and school.
- Thirty days became forty, and then fifty, as families left.
- Reka shares that the delay is due to their paperwork, but it may be better than Greece, and they should have faith in Allah's plan.
- Ahmed has lost faith in his own abilities and wonders if a Jewish organization would want to help a Muslim boy, because they might resent the comparison between his plight and Ralph's.
- Max wrote to Ahmed to be patient, but it made Ahmed feel more hopeless.
- Ahmed grew jealous of birds.
- One afternoon, a guard brought him a football.
- Ahmed kicked the ball against the fence, but the fence held, and a guard gave the ball to younger kids.
- Ahmed sat beneath the tree, thinking about Madame Legrand, Oscar and Max.
- Ahmed touched his father's shoulder the way his father had once touched his on a moonless night at sea, which represented hope.
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Description
Ahmed's family receives approval to immigrate to America with the help of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. They will settle in Charlottesville, Virginia, facing new cultural and educational challenges. Ahmed grapples with feelings of uncertainty and questions the support from a Jewish organization.
