Final Home of the Brave Test

Kek felt happy that he had bought his aunt the dishes and Hannah a birthday present but unhappy because

• Some boys were racist and angry that he gave a present to a white girl.

• Hannah didn’t want a heart birthday present from him.

• He would like to introduce Hannah to his mother.

Kek decides that he will not help Lou and Gol anymore because

• Lou won’t pay Ganwar and Kek and Kek doesn’t want to split the money.

• Kek is upset that Lou is going to sell the farm and Gol won’t have a home.

• Ganwar can do the job alone.

What do Hannah and Kek have in common?

• They wrote a letter to someone with their feelings.

• They enjoy reading books in the library.

• They are starting to forget what their mothers look like.

• They are angry with their mothers for leaving them.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Why does Kek feel defeated, not optimistic?

• No other farm will have Gol.

• Kek’s mother is not at the 2 refugee camps they searched.

• Dave is not very reliable at searching for his mother.

How did Kek get the tiny piece of material he keeps?

• His mother gave it to him so he will remember her.

• His mother was hurt. Kek ran still holding a ripped piece of her skirt.

• His mother’s skirt got stuck in a bush and when he couldn’t find her, he went back for the material.

Which statement is NOT true about the time Kek confessed his guilty feelings about this mother?

• Kek felt like a coward because ran, leaving his mom.

• Ganwar explained that they survived because they ran.

• They refused to cry because men in their culture don’t cry.

Why is Kek running away?

• He does not like winter because the trees die.

• He does not like how the angry boys didn’t want him to give Hannah a present.

• He is tired of speaking English.

• He wants to be with things he knows and people he loves.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

When Kek runs away, he stops where?

• Washington D.C.

• The airport

• Lou’s farm

• To get Ganwar

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Where does Kek hide?

• In the barn

• In a tree

• In the back of the bus

What is Ganwar’s fear and reason he wants to give up and go back to Africa?

• He doesn’t fit in with only one hand and the gaar (scars)

• He can’t find a new job

• He isn’t making any new friends in Minnesota