The Question and Answer section for Road to Chlifa is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Maha makes up the story that she and Karim are siblings on their way to visit their sick grandmother, hoping that the soldiers would believe her and allow them to pass.
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.
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.
