Location, Location, Location
The country in which Omar and Hassan were born.
What is Somalia?
Who gave Omar a notebook and pencil?
Who is Tall Salan?
The person from Dadaab that made it possible for Omar and Hassan to be resettled to America.
Who is Susanna Martinez?
This is the number of camps in Dadaab.
What is 3? (Ifo, Dagahaley, and Hagadera?
The name of the camp and the name of the country in which they are refugees?
What is Dadaab, Kenya?
Which classmate is unkind and mean to the other kids in their camp?
Who is Tall Ali?
Who is Fatuma?
Omar and Hassan lived in this type of home, while Nimo's family (who had more wealth) had a home made with these two common building materials.
What is a tent, and a home with walls and a roof?
The country where Maryam and Nimo hoped to resettle?
Who wants to do well in their schooling in order to earn a scholarship so they can be resettled to Canada?
Who are Maryam and Nimo?
These two tertiary characters in the story have difficulty smiling.
Who are the Resettlement Interviewers?
Hassan cared for Maryam's children and who else's 5 children when they resettled?
Who are Omar and Satura's children?
The states in America where Omar and Hassan have lived.
What are Arizona and Pennsylvania?
Which friend taught Omar what it is like to be a better older brother to Hassan?
Who is Jeri?
We were never able to meet her in the story, but Hassan's word for her is the only word he used throughout the book.
Who is Omar and Hassan's "mama"?
The simple, yet memorable gift that Tall Salan gave Omar and Hassan when they were moving to America.
What is a bottle of sand from Dadaab?
The camp and block in which Hassan and Omar live while in Dadaab?
What is Ifo camp, block A2?
The lovely young lady in Dagahaley camp (Omar's future wife), whose family took care of Hassan when he ran away after the goat died.
Who is Satura?
This person wanted to be a lawyer when she grew up in order to fight for the rights of women and children.
Who is Nimo?
What is the poem "A Poem of Stars"?