Boy Overboard

Boy overboard tells the story of young Jamal, his sister Bibi and his parents' long journey to ________.

• United Kingdom

• Australia

• Afghanistan

• Canada

Jamal enjoys soccer and hopes one day to win the World Cup for ________.

• Australia

• England

• Russia

• Afghanistan

Jamal Houssini was born to Mohammed and Fatima Houssini, a poor family of a taxi driver and an illegal ________ respectively.

• Nurse

• Politician

• Teacher

• Driver

The name of the book originates from the children overboard incident that occurred near ________.

• United Kingdom

• United States

• India

• Australia

Why did Jamal's Dad have to go to the Soccer Stadium?

• To rescue his mother

• To organise travel to Australia

• To fight the Taliban

• To find work

Why did Jamal freak out when he saw Bibi in the first chapter of the Book?

• Because she stepped on a landmine

• Because she was too young to be outside

• Because he saw her with no head scarf on her head

• Because she was playing soccer

The Taliban was the ruling government in Afghanistan?

• True

• False

Where did Jamal's father get money from to take his family to Australia?

• He stole it

• He sold the candlesticks

• He sold the taxi

• Savings from many years work

Why did Jamal and his family have to leave Afghanistan?

• Bibi was playing soccer

• The government found out his mum was running a school

• Jamal's father had broken the law

• Jamal needed to play soccer in another country

Who rescues the soccer ball from the water near the smuggler's boat?

• Bibi

• Jamal

• The smuggler

• Omar