Location, Location, Location
The People You Meet
What a Character!

Who, What, Where, When and Why?

100

The country in which Omar and Hassan were born.

What is Somalia?

100

Who gave Omar a notebook and pencil?

Who is Tall Salan?

100

The person from Dadaab that made it possible for Omar and Hassan to be resettled to America.

Who is Susanna Martinez?

100

This is the number of camps in Dadaab.

What is 3? (Ifo, Dagahaley, and Hagadera?

200

The name of the camp and the name of the country in which they are refugees?

What is Dadaab, Kenya?

200

Which classmate is unkind and mean to the other kids in their camp?

Who is Tall Ali?

200
Omar and Hassan's foster mom.

Who is Fatuma?

200

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?

300

The country where Maryam and Nimo hoped to resettle?

What is Canada?
300

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?

300

These two tertiary characters in the story have difficulty smiling.

Who are the Resettlement Interviewers?

300

Hassan cared for Maryam's children and who else's 5 children when they resettled?

Who are Omar and Satura's children?

400

The states in America where Omar and Hassan have lived.

What are Arizona and Pennsylvania?

400

Which friend taught Omar what it is like to be a better older brother to Hassan?

Who is Jeri?

400

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"?

400

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?

500

The camp and block in which Hassan and Omar live while in Dadaab?

What is Ifo camp, block A2?

500

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?

500

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?

500
The title of the book may have come from Omar's desire to look at the night sky, or it could have come from this gift from Maryam given to Omar and Hassan.

What is the poem "A Poem of Stars"?