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

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

3. What is Salva's class studying while he looks out the window in Chapter 1?
(a) Dinka.
(b) English.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Nuer.

4. Why does Nya's mother hate the camp by the lake?
(a) Because of the heat.
(b) Because of the fighting.
(c) Because of the lack of food.
(d) Because of the mosquitoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who awakens Salva after the group has walked through the night in Chapter 6?

2. What food does the old woman give to Salva in Chapter 3?

3. What desert does Salva's group reach in Chapter 8?

4. What does the old woman give to Salva when he leaves with the group in Chapter 4?

5. What food does Nya's mother give her when she returns home with the water in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the catalytic event that sets off Salva's story in Chapter 1?

3. How is water obtained when Nya's family stays at the camp?

4. What role does Jewiir assume within Salva's group in Chapter 6? Why?

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

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

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

8. What are the symptoms of illness that Akeer exhibits in Chapter 10? What has caused her illness?

9. What happens at nightfall while Salva's group is on the island in Chapter 8?

10. Why does Nya's family stay at the camp for part of the year? Where is the camp located?

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