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