Battle:
IWB is tripe eaten?
IWB does a dog have two names?
IWB is a little red train a keepsake?
IWB are there Hazara people?
IWB are ancient monuments blown up?
IWB is bright blue football shirt held up?
IWB is there a “befriender”?
IWB does someone stay behind to care for a tree?
IWB are there IED’s?
IWB is an autograph treasured?
IWB are two banners made with green paint?
What type of dog is Shadow?
Springer spaniel
What position does Flat Stanley play? Goalie
What game does Grandpa take to Yarl’s Wood? Monopoly
What type of tree does Grandpa care for? Cherry
Why does Grandpa need to water the tree? There’s a drought
What country is Aman from?
Afghanistan
What city does Matt live in? Manchester, England
What was the name of Grandma’s cat? Mog
What did Aman’s grandmother save her jewels and money
for? Aman and his mother to go to
England
What does Aman first throw at Shadow? A rock
Who becomes blind?
Sergeant Brodie
What is Sergeant Brodie’s daughter’s name? Jess
When is Matt’s birthday?
April 22
With whom does Matt share a birthday? Aman
Who did the toy train belong to? Ahmed
What does Matt like better than stars? Volcanoes
Why does Matt like volcanoes? An eruption stopped air travel and stopped Aman from being
deported
What job was Matt’s grandpa retired from? Journalism
Where did the news story about Aman appear? ON the front page
Who comes to the demonstration with a wheel chair? Uncle Mir
What sickness did Uncle Mir have? Heart attack
What was the only way to smuggle across the English
Channel? Hide in a lorry
Why did Sergeant Brodie give Aman the silver star? To show appreciation for saving his
life/pointing out the bomb before it went off
Where did Aman go to avoid being hurt by the bomb? Into a ditch
Where did Aman’s grandmother hide the jewels? In a mattress
Where did Aman live for the first 8 years of his life? In a cave
What happened to Aman’s father? He had been taken away at night
What do Aman and his mother determine to never do? Give up
Who said Aman and his mother had to get off the deportation
plane? The pilot
Why did he want them off the plane? They were disturbing the other passengers
What did Uncle Mir do for a living? He was a taxi driver
Where did Aman keep the silver-star? In his pocket
What is written on the football banner? We want you back
What causes the demonstration at Yarl’s Wood to thin
out? Rain
What snack cheers Matt up when he’s waiting for others to
join the protest? Chocolate digestives
What is a fixer?
Someone who tries to smuggle asylum seekers into a safe country for
money
Where are Aman and other detained for many days without food
or fresh air? In a container of a lorry
driving them to safety
What happens to Ahmed at the end of the journey? He dies
Why did Sergeant Brodie not reply to Aman’s letters? He never received them
What besides blindness happened to S. B.? He lost his arm and one leg
How many years had Aman and his mother been in England when
they were sent to Yarl’s Wood? 6 years
What medical condition does Aman’s mother get? Panic attacks
What did Aman’s mother take the blame for? Stealing an apple
What time of day does Shadow come to the cave? Evening when
Aman’s mother and grandmother are asleep
What is the reason England wants to send Aman and his mother
back to Afghanistan? They say there is
no more danger there
What happens when the contact Uncle Mir had given finds out
Aman and his mother have no money? He
is no longer eager to help them
How do Aman and his mother escape from the man who wants to
take Shadow for a fighting dog? They
sneak out of the window
Why does Aman tell the whole story to Grandpa? In hopes that he can help them
What in Grandpa’s photo causes Aman to rush out of the
visiting room crying? Dog
What makes Aman trust Grandpa? His mother had a dream about him before having met him
How many IED’s had Polly sniffed out before he found the one
with Aman? 75
How long had Polly been missing from the army? Over a year
What does Aman do for Shadow at the stream? Washes her wounds
Which of Grandpa’s daily routines was interrupted by Matt’s
plan to help Aman? His daily walk with
Dog/his constitutional
What DVD had Matt and his grandfather watched together? “Singin’ in the Rain”
Who had been following who (Shadow /Aman)? Shadow had been leading, back to her
soldiers.
What was all Aman had left of his father? His old donkey
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