Characters
This boy is the main character of Home of the Brave who moves to Minnesota from Sudan.
Who is kek?
In which U.S. state does Kek move to in the story?
What is Minnesota?
Kek's care for Lou's cow, Gol, symbolizes this key theme.
What is hope?
This animal is a symbol of home and home for Kek.
What is the cow, Gol?
Kek tries to clean these in a washing machine, leading to a humorous moment.
What are dishes?
She is Kek's cousin who helps him adjust to life in America.
Who is Ganwar?
This is the season when Kekfirst arrives in America and experiences snow for the first time.
What is winter?
This theme is explored when Kek struggles with American customs and language.
What is cultural adjustment or assimilation?
Snow is symbolic of this for Kek when he first sees it.
What is new beginnings?
Kek's school project involves writing a poem about this subject.
What is this homeland, Sudan?
This elderly woman becomes Kek's friend when he helps her care for her cow.
Who is Lou?
Name the two main locations Kek frequently visits to adjust to his new life.
What are school and Lou's farm?
Kek often shows this value by helping Lou and trying to find Gol a home.
What is responsibility?
The orange he breaks at lunch symbolizes this.
What is sharing or kindness?
Lou decides to sell her farm and this animal at the end of the story.
What is the cow, Gol?
Kek's first 2 friends in this order were?
Who are Dave & Hannah?
Kek compares the snow to this object from his homeland.
What is white cow's milk?
This theme is represented by Kek's strong memories of his family in Sudan.
What is the importance of family?
Kek's traditional clothes symbolizes this about his identity?
What is his connection to his Sudanese culture?
Kek makes a new friend at school who shares his sense of humor. What is this friend?
Who is Hannah?
This is Ganwar's physical feature that reminds him of the trauma from the Sudanese war.
What is his missing hand?
What is the reason Kek moves to the U.S.?
What is to escape violence in Sudan?
The title of the book refers to the concept Kek learns about his new country.
What is bravery in adapting to challenges?
The broken fence Kek repairs represents this in the story.
What is healing and making things whole again?
At the end of the book, Kek does this as a symbol of letting go and embracing change.
What is releasing Gol to a new home?