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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 41-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far do Onyesonwu, Mwita, Fanasi, and Ting walk to the edge of the dust storm on the west side of the camp in Chapter 47?
(a) About 1 1/2 miles.
(b) About 1/2 a mile.
(c) About 2 1/2 miles.
(d) About 2 miles.

2. In Chapter 44, what is the masquerade made of that appears?
(a) Fur and dirt.
(b) Flowers and cacti.
(c) Wet leaves and metal spikes.
(d) Tree bark and nails.

3. How do Onyesonwu and her companions dig a hole in the sand to bury Binta?
(a) With their hands.
(b) With small spades.
(c) With sticks and stones.
(d) With their pots and pans.

4. How many of the Vah can build rock fires?
(a) All of them.
(b) About 80 percent.
(c) About 95 percent.
(d) Most of them.

5. How does Fanta say that his mother died?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Choked to death.
(c) Old age.
(d) Bitten by a snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mwita and other captive children had to kill a boy who tried to escape their captors?

2. Who was Mwita captured by when he was in the desert after his family was killed?

3. In Chapter 47, how much sleep does Onyesonwu get before Mwita awakens her?

4. How old is Onyesonwu when she leaves in Chapter 24?

5. How old was Ting when she could read Okeke, Vah, and Sipo?

(see the answer key)

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