Boy Overboard: Ch 11-15

Ch 11: Where are Jamal, Bibi and Dad at the start of the chapter?

• Still at home

• With mum

• Riding in the taxi still

• On a plane

Ch 11: Which of the following best describes 'tape trees'?

• Music tapes confiscated by the government to destroy and hang on light poles

• Trees with old sellotape hanging from them

• Old films from Western countries the government takes to hang on light poles

• Trees from the Tape species specific to Afghanistan

Ch 11: What does Jamal intend to do with the money Dad gives him if Dad doesn't come back?

• Buy a soccer ball

• Buy lunch

• Buy a burqa to disguise himself

• Buy a tank and blow up whoever has hurt mum and dad

Ch 11: What does Jamal think Mum and Dad and doing at the soccer stadium?

• Get a soccer trial for Jamal

• Get a secret girls' soccer team started

• Discuss with officials how Jamal and Bibi's soccer skills will help form the Afghanistan national soccer team

• Find a soccer coach for Jamal

Ch 12: Which THREE football teams does Jamal think might be playing at the soccer stadium tonight?

• Arsenal, Liverpool and West Ham

• Bayern Munich, Leicester, Manchester City

• Barcelona, LA Galaxy, Wellington Phoenix

• Real Madrid, Juventas, Manchester United

Ch 12: What is really happening at the stadium?

• Women have been allowed to form a soccer team

• The women are holding a celebration feast

• The women have been rounded up by government forces

• Women are having a rally to fight for equality

Ch 12: What is happening to mum in this chapter?

• She is celebrating with other women

• Government forces look likely to shoot at her

• She is held prisoner in a special cell at the stadium

• She is praying to Allah with the other women

Ch 12: Who saves mum from possibly being killed?

• Yusuf's grandfather

• Dad in his taxi

• The shopkeeper where Jamal/Bibi have breakfast

• A rogue government officer

Ch 13: What does powerful thing does mum say to Jamal/Bibi when they reunite?

• We're going to stay a family...no matter where we go

• You children are precious to me

• You are my everything: my past, my present, my future

• We must stick together. We are stronger together.

Ch 13: What does Dad say to Jamal when he realises that Jamal was in the stadium?

• You are no son of mine. You disobeyed me

• You are a disappointment. You put your sister's life at risk

• You are a part of my heart and a part of my soul. I'm proud that you're my son.

• You are not perfect. But you are my son.