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What did the two men in their jeep want to talk about with the villages chief?
food
Water
money
guns
How many days did uncle say it would take to cross the Akobo desert?
two
three
one
four
What stood no chance against the desert?
the travelers
Salvas bare feet
the acacia trees
Salvas shoes
What seemed relentless and eternal to salva as he walked through the desert?
the sun
each hour
each breath
the first day
What did uncle caution salva to do?
make his water last a long time
wear his shoes
keep up with the other travelers
pray for rain
What is a tamarind?
a small antelope
a type of bread
a sour juicy fruit
a type of bat
What did the nine people that salvas group encountered first look like?
moving rocks
Shimmering waves
walking sticks
a pack of animals
What was wrong with the nine people that the group found?
they were thieves
they were rebels
they were dying
they were diseased
What did the stranger say could be found between the two trees?
good soil
oil
Water
gold
What did the people in Nyas village normally do between the two big trees?
play games
eat meals
farm
gather around a fire
Who gave water to the men on the ground?
three women
no one
salva
uncle jewiir
What happened to the men who were given water?
they vomited and died
they vomited
they died
they revived and joined the group
What was Salva worried about if he arrived in Ethiopia?
where he could get food from
about being forces to be a solider
about living in a refugee camp
how he would see his family again
What did uncle say he would do once he brough Salva to a refugee camp?
go back to salvas village
Stay with salva
pay for salvas schooling
return to fight in sudan
What gave salvas a tiny spark of hope?
uncle would ask about salvas village and parents back in sud
salva would be able to go to school in the refugee camp
salva had found uncle so he might find his family
Salva saw a flower growing
What was the first sign that they were finally leaving the desert?
A small pond of muddy water
a large clear lake
clouds in the sky
a sudden rainstorm
