When Stars Are Scattered Part 2

Match the following

• Omar

• This girl’s family gets resettled in Canada.

• Nimo

• Omar’s best friend at the refugee camp.

• Maryam

• A refugee from Somalia who takes care of his brother.

• Hassan

• Omar’s brother who does not talk

• Jeri

• A girl at the refugee camp who quits school to get married.

He puts down their education and says the refugee camp is a prison.

• Jeri

• Salan

• Jeri's dad

• Hassan

Match the following

• revisions

• Something/someone that interrupts focus

• obsessed

• an act of revising (making changes)

• rebel

• receiving some unexpected good

• disruption

• overly attached to something so much that it is distracting.

• fortunate

• rule breaker, someone who disrespect rules or laws

All of the following is true about the school in the refugee camp EXCEPT:

• It is close to Omar's tent.

• It is crowded.

• It is loud.

• There is a one month break.

Omar looked forward to his breaks from school.

• True, he was tired and wanted to spend time with his brother.

• False, he didn't like the long empty days with too much time to think.

When Omar, Jeri, and Nimo see Jeri’s father in the marketplace, he –

• tells the kids he is proud of them for going to school.

• tells them to quit school and look for a job.

• puts down their education and says the refugee camp is a prison.

• buys them each a cookie and asks them about their day at school.

What effect does Omar going to school have on Hassan?

• Hassan is happy that Omar is getting an education.

• Hassan is upset that Omar can't play with him as much as he used to.

• Hassan finds a new friend at the refugee camp to play with.

• Hassan decides that he wants to go to school.

When Omar goes to middle school, what does Hassan do?

• He takes care of a goat that Fatuma got from a friend.

• He starts going to school, too.

• He watches all the kids that stay home.

• He goes to the market and sells baskets that Fatuma made.

Why are the exams so important to the kids in the refugee camp?

• Only the kids with the highest scores get to got middle school.

• The students who do their best on them get to go to America.

• All of the parents would be mad at their children if they don’t score well.

• The teachers punish the students who do not score well on the exams.

While working hard in school and getting ready for exams, Salan runs in and tells Omar

• his mother has come to the refugee camp.

• Fatuma is sick and he needs to come to the tent to take care of her.

• Hassan wandered away and was injured badly.

• he doesn't have to take exams because he just receiece a scholarship.