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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 – 10 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Nya's story start?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2009.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1985.

2. What desert does Salva's group reach in Chapter 8?
(a) The Gobi Desert.
(b) The Akobo Desert.
(c) The Atacama Desert.
(d) The Sahara Desert.

3. What does Salva's group find to eat as they finish their journey across the desert in Chapter 10?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A stork.
(d) An antelope.

4. What is the name of Salva's younger brother who is in charge of just one cow in Chapter 1?
(a) Ring.
(b) Ariik.
(c) Kuol.
(d) Agnath.

5. For how many months of the year does Nya's family live by the lake?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nya's mother hate the camp by the lake?

2. How long ago has the war started, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. For how long does the woman at the clinic say the water should be boiled in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Salva's group walk through the night in Chapter 6?

5. What are the only plants growing in the desert that Salva crosses in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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