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Question 11 pts
What is one theme of “Dust Storm”?
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Wealth and poverty tend to coexist right next to each other during wartime.

Sometimes it's good to get lost--you may learn a great deal before you're found.

Tourism has made life more difficult for Pakistani residents.

The practice of medicine in Pakistan is almost impossible in war-torn regions.

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Question 21 pts
In "Dust Storm," J. Malcolm Garcia uses two parallel plot lines to express a theme about the different ways people can become lost. Which two plot lines support this theme?
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Pashtunabad is full of fear and chaos, just as the author is frightened and confused by the unusual dust storm.

Jamshed’s mind is clouded by his biases and previous experiences, and Garcia is lost in an actual cloud of dust.

Shopkeeper Haji More Din leads Garcia out of the storm, just as Pakistan leads America out of war.

The author is physically lost in a dust storm, and the United States seems "lost" about how to handle conflict in the Middle East.

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Question 31 pts
Which passage from “Dust Storm” illustrates one of the memoir’s key themes about where truth or wisdom can be found?
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By the time I appreciated that we were lost it was too late to do anything but forge ahead and complete my story and meet my deadline.

My feet ached from walking the pitted roads and the sun bore down with a relentless weight. The wind picked up as the minutes passed. I turned my head to clear my eyes of grit.

The maze of alleys we followed, the open sewers and crumbling buildings we passed confused us, but my translator Jamshad and I kept walking.

Haji More Din stood in the doorway like someone behind a beaded curtain. He stared past me into the sky and then the wind rose once more and I lost sight of him completely.

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Question 41 pts
What plot event does NOT affect J. Malcolm Garcia’s character growth in “Dust Storm”?
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feeling jet-lagged in Quetta.

getting lost in the dust storm.

meeting Haji More Din.

losing the scrap of paper

Answer 1

Here are the answers:

1) Sometimes it's good to get lost--you may learn a great deal before you're found.

2) Jamshed’s mind is clouded by his biases and previous experiences, and Garcia is lost in an actual cloud of dust.

3) Haji More Din stood in the doorway like someone behind a beaded curtain. He stared past me into the sky and then the wind rose once more and I lost sight of him completely.

4) feeling jet-lagged in Quetta.