Road to Chlifa Quizzes

Road to Chlifa Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Road to Chlifa?
Michele Marineau

Maha Tabbara

Susan Ouriou

Karim Nakad
2 Who translated the English edition of The Road to Chlifa?
Susan Ouriou

It was originally written in English

Michele Marineau

Karim Nakad
3 Who narrates The Road to Chlifa?
Karim's classmate

Karim Nakad

Karim Nakad, Karim's classmate, and an unnamed narrator

Maha Tabbara
4 Where is Part I set?
The US

Chlifa

Beirut

Montreal
5 What province is Montreal in?
Quebec

Yukon

Saskatchewan

Manitoba
6 What country is Quebec in?
Lebanon

Canada

The US

Israel
7 In what year does Part I and Part III take place?
1990

2001

1989

2019
8 In what year does Part II take place?
1999

1990

1899

1989
9 Who flirts with Karim when he arrives to class in Montreal?
Maha

The narrator

Nancy

Nada
10 Who is Karim's primary love interest?
Nada

Maha

Nancy

Ruth
11 What country is Karim from?
Canada

Israel

Lebanon

Beirut
12 What conflict forces Karim out of his home country?
The US Civil War

The Spanish Civil War

The Israel-Palestine Conflict

The Lebanese Civil War
13 What did Karim's brothers warn him would be the hardest part about life in Canada?
The cold

Feeling invisible

Feeling like an object of curiosity

None of these
14 Who is Robert?
Karim's father

Karim's bully

Karim's son

Karim's French teacher
15 Who is the baby Karim is seen with in Part I?
Robert

Béchir

Jad

Maha
16 What does the narrator liken Karim's presence in the class to?
A chemical catalyst

A chain-reaction

A dog on a short leash

A bomb waiting to go off
17 Why does the narrator in Part I think Karim would look better against a desert backdrop?
The light catches him in a way that makes it look like he's outside

She's just making up random images

She has a stereotypical idea of Arab people

Karim talks about how he used to ride camels
18 What type of school did Karim attend in Beirut?
A grammar school

A military school

A boarding school

A French lycée
19 Where does Béchir migrate to?
Montreal

Wisconsin

Saint-Donat

Paris
20 Who is the bully in Karim's class?
Jad

Robert

Dave

Scott
21 Where does Karim's class go at the end of February?
To Saint-Donat

To Lebanon

To Paris

To the Caribbean
22 What language does Sandrine believe people will speak in her multicultural future?
Chinese

Spanish

Esperanto

English
23 What offensive metaphoric term does Dave use for the migrant students?
ESL Kids

Little imports

FOBs

Foreigners
24 Where did Dave and his gang assault My-Lan?
Out in the snow

The shared kitchen

The boys' bathroom

The girls' bathroom
25 Who does Karim think he defended My-Lan for?
For no one

For Nada

For Maha, and then himself

For My-Lan

What happens to Naha at the end of Section 2?

In the conclusion of the second section, Maha decides to travel to Chlifa to stay with Elias and Zahra, who were friends with her parents.

Asked by Alejandro M #494303

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/2/2024 11:38 AM

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What does Karim hate about his new home?

Karim hates all of the attention he garners as both the new student and a student of color. He feels like a carnival freak, or an animal being inspected before sale.

Asked by tora d #493208

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/29/2024 2:44 PM

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Road to Chlifa

The narrator uses the familiar simile "spread like wildfire" to illustrate how quickly and unstoppably the rumor about Jad being Karim's son moved from person to person

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/8/2024 4:33 PM

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Road to Chlifa

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