Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-3

Reading Check

1. Why are Fatima and the other children “bonded to Hussein Khan” (Chapter 1)?

2. According to Fatima, how does a child become free?

3. Why does Fatima focus on the window of the bathroom each morning?

4. Which “luxury” did Karim have the opportunity of attending?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Describe Fatima’s musings about her dreams. What does Fatima’s grandmother say is the worst type of situation to have?

2. Who are the “numskulls”? What are their working and living conditions?

3. What are Fatima’s initial impressions of Iqbal? How do the children respond to his presence?

4. Summarize Iqbal’s narrative that he shares with the other children. What provocative assertion does he make, and how do the other children respond?

CHAPTERS 4-7

Reading Check

1. Which child remains “untouched by Hussain's storm of threats” (Chapter 4)?

2. What does Iqbal tell Fatima that he does every night?

3. By what term does Hussain reference the children in front of the foreigners?

4. What does Iqbal plan to do with Fatima in the future?