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 \nChapter 9 The End of a Journey  \n⑤  \n9  \n60  \n# CHAPTE R\n\nThe Chance ofa Lifetime  \n\"India's pretty far away from here,Joseph.\"  \nThat was the first thing my dad said to me  \nwhen I told him my friend Anand(uh NAND)hadinvited me to India for winter break.Here's thesecond thing he said:  \n\"If I say you can go,how are you planning topay for your ticket?”  \nI was expecting that one because I knew  \ntickets to India cost a lot.But I had some moneysaved from my job at the Chicken Shack lastsummer.  \nIn fact,the Chicken Shack was where I'dmet Anand.It was a big Jersey City hangout.All the kids came there to eat and be with theirfriends after school,and during the summer,itgot even more crowded.Anand and I both workedin the kitchen—he washed dishes and I cooked.Everyone had a nickname back there.Mine wasJoey Small.(That was a joke because I′m six-footthree.)Anand's was Detergent because someonefound out that Anand's name means “joy”andimmediately thought of the dishwashing liquid.  \nWe became friends and started hanging outa lot after work,playing ball and skateboarding.Anand is an excellent skateboarder,and he taughtme many cool new moves.Of course,I could scoreon him anytime on the basketball court.I wasn'tthe starting power forward on the varsity team fornothing.  \nWhen school started again,we still found time  \nto hang out,even though we went to differenthigh schools.That surprised me.I didn't have alot of friends,so I tried to keep in touch with theones I had.Anand was really popular though,andcertainly didn’t need me.  \nWhen he invited me to go to India with him inDecember,I was startled at first.He could haveasked lots of people,so why me?But Anand isjust that way,I guess.When he decides he likessomeone,he likes them,and he doesn’t care ifthey are cool or popular or not.  \nThe more I thought about it,the more the ideaof going to India grew on me.At first I'd thought,\"No way!\"but then I started thinking that maybethis was the chance of a lifetime and I should takeit.Plus,Anand had told me it wouldn't cost memuch once I got there.We would be staying withhis family,sleeping and eating for free,and thingsapparently were really cheap in India anyway.Onlythe ticket would cost a lot of money  \nIf I could get a ticket,that is.The problem wasthe money I'd saved from the Chicken Shack wassupposed to be for college.My dad really wantedme to go to college next fall,and I did too—but Ialso wanted to go to India.I thoug","cbCaigxiwu33PCL6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigxiwu33PCL6","pdf",2808587,68,"English","# Contents\n## Chapter 1 The Chance of a Lifetime\n## Chapter 2 Jaisalmer\n## Chapter 3 Khuri\n## Chapter 4 On Safari\n## Chapter 5 \"I Shouldn't Have Eaten That!\"\n## Chapter 6 The Sandstorm\n## Chapter 7 Lost in the Sand\n## Chapter 8 Can Somebody Help Us?\n## Chapter 9 The End of a Journey","[{\"question\":\"Why does Joseph’s father question the India trip?\",\"answer\":\"He asks how Joseph plans to pay for the plane ticket if Joseph is allowed to go, since tickets cost a lot.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does Joseph meet Anand and how do they spend time together?\",\"answer\":\"They meet at the Chicken Shack, where they both work; afterward they hang out, skate, and play basketball.\"},{\"question\":\"What conflict does Joseph face when planning the trip?\",\"answer\":\"Joseph has money saved for college, but he wants to use it to afford the India ticket and still keep up with school plans.\"}]","The Chance of a Lifetime - Chapter 1 - The Chance of a Lifetime | PDF",1790694684]