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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 – 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Salva after eating the feast in Chapter 6?
(a) He sleeps well and has good dreams.
(b) He has nightmares.
(c) He becomes hungry for more food.
(d) He spends the night throwing up.

2. How are Salva's injuries from the bees described in Chapter 5?
(a) He cannot turn his head.
(b) His eye is swollen shut.
(c) His hearing has gone.
(d) His tongue is swollen.

3. Whose encouragement in the desert does Salva recall in Chapter 13?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His father's.
(c) Jewiir's.
(d) His mother's.

4. How does Nya get water at the camp by the lake?
(a) She uses the pump.
(b) She has to dig for it.
(c) She walks to the pond.
(d) She walks to the river.

5. What food does Nya's mother give her when she returns home with the water in Chapter 4?
(a) Mangoes.
(b) Yams.
(c) Beans and rice.
(d) Sorghum meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose gentleness does Salva recall in Chapter 13?

2. What food does Buksa lead Salva to in Chapter 4?

3. How many days does it take Salva's group to build enough canoes to cross the river in Chapter 7?

4. What does Salva's group find to eat as they finish their journey across the desert in Chapter 10?

5. What fruit does Salva recall his father bringing home as a treat on his bicycle in Chapter 8?

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