When Stars Are Scattered Beginning, p. 3-11

Why do Omar and Hassan try not to leave their block (section) of the camp?

• There are too many holes to fall in outside their own block.

• There's no food outside their own block

• It's dangerous.

What happened when the brothers went to another block last week?

• Someone stole their food.

• Someone stole their pants and shoes.

• They met someone who knows their mother.

Who is Fatuma?

• The lady who takes care of the brothers.

• The lady who stole their shoes.

• The name of their favorite ice cream flavor in Somalia.

What is Fatuma's nickname for Hassan?

• Little Rabbit

• Pumkin

• My heart.

Why do you think the people in the refugee camp have trouble sleeping?

• They have too many things to do.

• The camp doctors give them medicine that makes them stay awake.

• They have nightmares about difficult lives they left behind.

Compare your own life with Omar & Hassan’s lives. What’s similar? What’s different? Don’t write about how you’re both kids. Go deeper!