When Stars Are Scattered Ch 10-11

Why do white people sometimes show up in Dadaab?

• To donate treats.

• To collect recycling or donated items.

• To do news stories or work for the UN as social workers.

What white lady does Omar meet after class?

• A UN social worker

• A news reporter

• A woman who knows where his mother is

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Why does Omar sleep on the ground outside the UN office?

• Because the floor of his tent is all wet.

• To make sure he doesn't miss his resettlement interview in the morning.

• Because if he's near the UN office, he will get candy.

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What life-changing news do Omar and Nimo get in Chapter 11?

• They got scholarships for a college in Canada.

• They have a chance to be resettled.

• Their missing relatives are found.

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How is Omar’s shower different from - or similar to - the one where you live?

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When Omar & Nimo learn they might be resettled, how does the news affect their friendships with Jeri and Maryam?

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CHOOSE ONE QUESTION:

1. Omar thinks Ms. Martinez seems nice, but he also knows she lives in a part of the camp protected by a wall with electricity and running water, so he wonders if she really understands life as a refugee. What do you think? If you think she does, why? If not, why not?

2. Omar tries to focus on the future, but at his interview, he will need to talk about all his painful memories about his past in Somalia. Have you or a relative ever had an experience like this, where someone asks you to talk about something painful that happened to you? If you feel okay sharing about it, who was the person? Why did they ask about your sad or scary memory?

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