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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fruit does Salva recall his father bringing home as a treat on his bicycle in Chapter 8?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Apples.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Mangoes.

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

3. For how many months of the year does Nya walk to get water for her family?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 10 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 7 months.

4. What is tied to the handle of Nya's water container?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gourd.
(c) A watch.
(d) A gun.

5. What is said to grip Salva's heart in the end of Chapter 6?
(a) A crushing claw.
(b) A cold fist.
(c) A choking sob.
(d) A raspy ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Salva in the beginning of his story?

2. What is the name of Salva's younger brother who is in charge of just one cow in Chapter 1?

3. From what tribe are the additional members that join Salva's group in Chapter 4?

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

5. What is Salva's class studying while he looks out the window in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Salva flee when he leaves the school in Chapter 1? Why?

2. Why is Auntie leaving her home in Chapter 4? Why does she not take Salva with her?

3. Why does the nurse's advice appear impossible to Nya and her mother in Chapter 8?

4. How is Salva's family regarded within their community?

5. What has caused the terror that consumes Salva in Chapter 7?

6. With whom do the strangers speak when they arrive in Nya's village in Cahpter 9? What are they presumably discussing?

7. What body of water does Salva's group reach in Chapter 7? How do they prepare to cross it?

8. What animals pose the greatest threat to Salva and the others as they travel in Chapter 5? Why?

9. How is Marial's character described when he is introduced?

10. Who are the dwellers on the island in Chapter 8? How is this setting described?

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