What is Kek saying?
"flying boat"
What is an airplane?
He's an optimist and the narrator of the story.
Who is Kek?
Kek and his family think these are more valuable than money.
What are cows?
The reason Kek is in Minnesota.
What is... refugee, mother missing, dad and brother were killed
Someone who is forced to leave their country because of war, natural disasters, or unsafe/dangerous living conditions.
What is a refugee?
"He pushes a tiny stick on the wall and the room turns to night, then blinks awake."
What is a light switch?
He's the "helping man" who picks Kek up at the airport.
Who is Dave?
Kek comes to Minnesota to live with these two people.
Who are Nyatal and Ganwar?
The person Kek is most worried about.
Who is his mother?
Someone who is hopeful and expects good things to happen.
What is an optimist?
"I point to the magic water pot like the one on the flying boat. You don't go outside?"
What is a toilet?
He's in the 11th grade, and "six long scars line his forehead, the marks of manhood."
Who is Ganwar?
Kek cries the first time he visits this place. "My eyes too full of this place, with it's answers to prayers on every shelf."
What is the grocery store?
Lou's reason for why Gol might be not that well cared for as she should be.
Her husband died, and she has a hard time taking care of everything by herself.
To continue with a plan when it gets difficult or you might not succeed.
What is persevere?
"I see six white boxes with doors. Some are making noise."
What are washing machines?
Kek's friend, "the snowball girl" who lives in his building
Who is Hannah?
Kek's sleep stories help the reader understand more about this.
What is Kek's life in Africa?
Kek quits working at the farm when he gets this bad news.
Lou is selling the farm and moving to Los Angeles.
Hopeless means the opposite of this vocabulary word.
What is optimistic?
"I look at the fry in my hand with its shiny coat of red."
What is ketchup?
She is not the most beautiful... "her belly sags and her coat is scarred and her face tells me she remembers sweeter days."
Who is Gol?
Kek's nickname in ESL class.
What is cowboy?
What Kek does after Dave tells him they still can't find his mother in the refugee camps.
He runs away and tries to get the the airport.
Determined is a word that means the same thing as this vocabulary word.
What is persevere?