Sandra's Early Childhood
Before the massacre, Sandra and her family were at a refugee campus in this country.
What is Burundi?
This is the city Sandra and her family move to.
What is Rochester, New York?
When Sandra talks to Deborah at night sometimes, Sandra still sees her as this age.
What is a six-year-old?
Sandra's mother often called her her youngest daughter. Sandra doesn't like this statement, as her sister died at the age of 6. This was her name.
Who is Deborah?
The subtitle of How Dare the Sun Rise is "Memoirs of a _______ Child."
What is "War"?
What is UN or UNHCR?
Sandra was not placed in the "correct" grade level. This was the reason why.
Sandra wrote and spoke about her experiences, but she also used this artform for activism.
What is photography?
Who is Mabel?
This toy confused Sandra for its appearance, compared to similar toys in her culture.
What are Barbie dolls?
Sandra said she got depressed when she say this because her parents seemed so powerless.
What is collecting the delivered food?
Sandra thought this food looked like worms.
What is ground beef?
Older men from Sandra's tribe were upset about her activism for this reason.
What is because she was a girl?
Sandra wrote about meeting a celebrity that was interested in her work and told her she was gorgeous.
Who is Bradley Cooper?
In Sandra's mother's interview with UN workers, she messes up this detail about Sandra.
What is her birthday?
This was significant about the girls at Sandra's first and only dance procession, as written in chapter six.
What is that most of the girls died in the massacre.
This person got in a bike accident and went into a coma.
Who is Sandra's father?
While in her sophomore year of college, Sandra suffered from these.
What are flashbacks/panic attacks?
Who is Abdul?
Sandra laughed at this article of clothing while shopping in America during middle school, a prime example of 2000s fashion. She writes "But we knew style" in response.
What is a long denim skirt?
In chapter 5, there was one day in Sandra's early childhood when her mother locked herself in her room and didn't come out. This happened because this person died.
Who is Rumenge? (Sandra's uncle)
Sandra never really thought about this aspect of herself until she came to America where it was a bigger deal to people.
What is race/being black?
This was the tattoo that Sandra got to represent everything she held dear.
What is a black heart?
Sandra spent weekends with this person's family. He was Sandra's Italian-American boyfriend that helped her grow as a person.
Who is Rocco?
According to the news interview we watched in class, this event was where Abigail Pesta heard of Sandra's story for the first time.
What was at her photo gallery? (This is pictured in the book.)