Question 1

1. What is the red, iron giraffe?

Accepted Answer

a large drill

Answer

a weapon

Answer

a wild animal

Question 2

2.  What does Salva decide to do to survive?

Accepted Answer

get through one day at a time

Answer

run away back to his village

Answer

steal a weapon from the guards

Question 3

3. How does the school look in the refugee camp?

Accepted Answer

It's a crowded tent.

Answer

It's a large area under the trees.

Answer

It's a wooden building with desks and books.

Question 4

4. Why is the refugee camp closing?

Accepted Answer

The Ethiopian government is near collapse.

Answer

They are out of food.

Answer

Rebels are infiltrating the camp.

Question 5

5. What does the closing of the camp mean for Salva?

Accepted Answer

He will be forced to cross the dangerous Gilo River.

Answer

He must cross the Nile River again.

Answer

He will be at the mercy of the rebel soldiers.

Question 6

6. What makes the drilling process so difficult in Nya's village?

Accepted Answer

The workers need flowing water to make the drill work.

Answer

It is difficult to find in  Nya's village.

Answer

The workers are lazy and under-qualified.

Question 7

7.  What is the government trying to do by driving the people into the Gilo River?

Accepted Answer

They are trying to get the people to leave Ethiopia.

Answer

They want to push the foreign aid workers out of the country.

Answer

They are trying to send their people into the river to drown.

Question 8

8. What obstacles do Salva and group face as they are pushed to the river?

Accepted Answer

crocodiles, soldiers, and fatigue

Answer

soldiers, insects, and dust

Answer

crocodiles, lions, and scorpions

Question 9

9. Why does Salva become the groups eventual leader?

Accepted Answer

Salva is older than the other boys.

Answer

Salva becomes demanding and forceful with the group.

Answer

Salva has the only weapon.

Question 10

10. How does Salva have the strength to go on?

Accepted Answer

Salva remembers his uncle's encouragement.

Answer

Salva finds food and water hidden in the brush.

Answer

Salva finds his strength in leading the others on.

Question 11

11. How did Salva and the group last a year and a half on their journey to safety?

Accepted Answer

The boys divided the work and shared their resources.

Answer

The boys had help from the rebel soldiers and other adults along the way.

Answer

They didn't. The journey only lasted a year.

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