89 pages • 2 hours read
Omar Mohamed, Victoria JamiesonA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Multiple Choice
1. Why is Omar worried about being separated from Hassan while he is in school?
A) Fatuma is not always careful with Hassan.
B) He worries Hassan will be taken from the camp.
C) He believes the UN might resettle Hassan without him.
D) They were already separated from their mother.
2. What is the author able to communicate through pictures that might be more difficult to convey through words?
A) Omar’s feelings and beliefs.
B) Hassan’s personality and reactions.
C) Fatuma’s thoughts and movements.
D) The camp’s difficult surroundings.
3. The picture at the beginning of the graphic memoir shows the vast night sky with blurred stars and very little detail or color. What emotion might this image convey for Omar?
A) Loss
B) Hopeful
C) Disappointment
D) Anxiety
4. What does Omar find to be unfair in the camp?
A) The boys are not permitted to play at lunch like others.
B) Hassan has more freedom than Omar.
C) Jeri is selected for resettlement and Omar isn’t.
D) Girls are given more responsibility than boys.
5. What causes Omar’s perspective of Hassan’s disability to change?
A) He learns more about how Hassan’s disability is a gift.
B) Jeri tells him not to underestimate Hassan.
C) Nimo chastises Omar when he behaves cruelly towards Hassan.
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