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- 3. – The teachers post the ______ of the students before vacation.
- 5. – Fatuma tells Omar that God gave him the gift of a ______ that loves him.
- 8. leader – Salan is a _________ who wants Omar to go to school.
- 9. – Tall Ali is a ________.
- 10. – Maryam wants to be a ________.
- 11. – Fatuma makes tea from tree ______.
- 12. – Nimo and Maryam are not ______ to study with boys at night.
- 16. cards – The refugees use __________ to get food from the distribution center.
- 21. – Nimo wants to be an actress and a singer or a _______.
- 22. – Omar is always worried about Hassan because some people are cruel to people with ________.
- 24. – Maryam's father wants her to get _______, but Maryam doesn't want to.
- 26. – What country are Omar and Hassan from?
- 27. – The only word Hassan says is _______.
- 28. – Many kids ______ at school because they're so hungry.
- 29. down – Maryam is angry because Omar _______ the opportunity to go to school.
- 32. – Omar decides to _____ school and stay home with Hassan.
- 34. – Tall Ali gets angry when Hassan runs away with his _______.
- 35. – Life in the camp is harder for girls because they have more _____ to do.
- 37. – Tall Ali calls Nimo a _______ because she's short.
- 40. – Omar likes school because it’s a good ______ from his worries.
- 41. out – Fatuma has to tie the door shut so Hassan doesn’t _______.
- 42. – Nimo is the number _____ girl in her class.
- 45. – Maryam is the number _____ girl in her class.
- 46. – Maryam thinks Omar is using his brother as an _____ not to go to school.
- 48. – Maryam surprises Hassan with a _______ that she made out of plastic bags.
- 49. – Omar gets a ______ feeling when Jeri says he might go to America soon.
- 50. – Jeri has his nickname because he _______.
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- 1. – Jeri tells Omar that he shouldn’t _______ his brother.
- 2. – Where is the refugee camp?
- 4. – Everyone is ______ on Empty Days because they are hungry.
- 6. – Omar has an ______ for the exams because he has notes from class.
- 7. – Fatuma’s relatives talk about ______ from new arrivals from Somalia.
- 8. up – Hassan hates being ______ all day when Omar is in school.
- 9. – Fatuma didn't go to school because she didn't have ____ to protect her.
- 13. – All of the teachers use _______ in school.
- 14. worker – Omar doesn’t want to be a farmer anymore. Now he wants to be a _________.
- 15. – Salan brings Omar a ________ before his first day of school.
- 17. eaten by lions – Tall Ali says Omar should let Hassan ________.
- 18. – Tall Ali calls Maryam a _______ because she's quiet.
- 19. deal – The exams are a _______ because if you don’t pass, you don’t go to school anymore.
- 20. – Some boys take Hassan’s _____ and beat him up.
- 22. – Omar's nickname is ________ because he's quiet, like his dad.
- 23. – What’s the name of the refugee camp?
- 25. – In the beginning of the book, Omar wants to go back to Somalia to be a ____________.
- 28. – Every day Omar has to walk very far to ________ water.
- 30. – Omar is ______ to stay in school.
- 31. – Maryam and Nimo want to get scholarships and go to _______.
- 33. – Omar is upset when he learns that his village, Mareerey, was ________.
- 36. – Omar loves his mother, but he also ______ her for leaving them.
- 38. – At the end of Part 1, Omar says that everything is in God’s ______.
- 39. mom – Fatuma is Omar and Hassan’s ___________.
- 43. – According to Omar, the worst part about living in a refugee camp is that it’s really ___________.
- 44. – What religion are Omar and Hassan?
- 47. – Omar _______ when he thinks he sees his mother.
- 51. heart – Fatuma’s nickname for Hassan is ____________.