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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!
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