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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 – 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What presumably killed Salva's friend in Chapter 7?
(a) A bear.
(b) A lion.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A hyena.

2. Why does no one in Salva's group sleep well on the island in Chapter 8?
(a) Because of the crocodiles.
(b) Because of the mosquitoes.
(c) Because of the antelope.
(d) Because of the lions.

3. Why does Salva's group walk through the night in Chapter 6?
(a) To search for water.
(b) Because they fear the lions.
(c) Because they want to find a lion to eat.
(d) Because they are trying to get to the border before daylight.

4. What does Jewiir say likely happened to Salva's village in Chapter 10?
(a) It was probably attacked and burned.
(b) It was probably spared from the fighting.
(c) It was probably flooded.
(d) It was probably turned into a concentration camp.

5. For how many years has Salva been living in refugee camps in Kenya in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Four years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children do Chris and Louise have?

2. Who is Nya's younger sister that her mother makes her take along to get water in Chapter 4?

3. What does Salva imagine stripping the corpses of the men in the desert in Chapter 10?

4. For how long is "the air around Nya's home" filled with the sound of the drill, according to the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 14?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 15 that in the part of Africa where Salva grew up, the temperature rarely dropped below what?

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