Shooting Kabul ch. 2 & 3

How did the family escape Jalalabad?

• a taxi cab

• a green army truck

• an airplane

• a bus

Why did the driver speed away before all of the people had gotten on board?

• There was no more room.

• Some people hadn't paid for the ride.

• The driver didn't want sick people on board.

• The Taliban started chasing them.

Who slipped through Fadi's hand and was left behind?

• Zafoona

• Noor

• Habib

• Mariam

Where was the family's final destination?

• Afhganistan

• England

• Pakistan

• United States

What is "ghayrat"?

• A man's duty to protect his family

• A type of friendship

• Another name for a passport

• An Afghani hat

What did the Taliban want Habib to do for them?

• Start a new farm in Kabul

• Travel to America and work as a secret agent

• Convince the United Nations to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government

• Punish people in Kabul who were secretly breaking the Taliban's laws

True or False: Habib snuck back into Afghanistan to look for Mariam.

• true

• false

Which definition of asylum best fits this chapter?

• Protection by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee

• An institution offering shelter and support to someone who is mentally ill.

Why couldn't the family stay in Peshawar until they found Mariam?

• The Taliban would find them and punish them.

• They only had a certain window of time to make it to their new home country.

• They didn't have enough money and needed to get jobs.

• They didn't have a place to stay.

What did Fadi and Mariam dig up in the backyard before they escaped?

• a tin with Mariam's treasures

• the last of the family's money

• dirt to remind them of their home in Afghanistan

• some of their favorite books