Answer the following questions in your Interactive Notebook. Make sure you write your answers in complete sentences.
Iqbal, Chapter 1
1. Draw a picture of the setting as described on page 1.
2. Why do you think the children “stopped dreaming” (page 2)?
3. Why do the children pretend they had dreams (page 2)?
4. On page 5, Fatima says, “I never saw a clean slate, neither mine nor my companions.” What can you infer from this statement?
5. Who is telling the story? How do you know?
Iqbal, Chapter 2
1. How does the author describe Karim?
2. What can you infer about Karim?
3. How does the author describe Iqbal?
4. What can you infer about Iqbal?
Iqbal, Chapter 3
1. Why was Iqbal sold to Hussain Khan? Be specific.
2. Do you think the children will ever be able to pay off their debts? Why or why not? Give textual evidence in your answer.
3. Why do you think Fatima believed Iqbal when he said “We’ll run away. You’ll come with me.” (pages 21-22)
4. Who is your favorite character so far? Why? Make a text-to-self connection.
Iqbal, Chapter 4
1. Did Hussain Khan really “free the children from a lifetime of hunger and hardships?” (page 23) Explain your answer.
2. What is the “Tomb”? (page 24) What can you infer happens there?
3. Why do you think the children “didn’t think much about the future”? (page 24)
4. At the bottom of page 25 the text says, “We were all ears.” What does this mean?
5. Do you think Iqbal will be freed by Hussain Khan? Why or why not?
Iqbal, Chapter 5
1. When the foreign customers arrived, why do you think Hussain Khan pretended that the children were treated well? (page 32)
2. Why did Iqbal cut the carpet? (pages 34-35)
3. What do we learn about Iqbal when Hussain Khan says, “They said you were a rebel, a traitor”? (page35)
4. Just before he was thrown into the tomb, what do you think Iqbal wanted to say to Fatima? (page 37)
5. What can you predict will happen next?