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