ALWTW Ch 7-9 Vocabulary

"Uncle smiled at Salva's ______ expression."

• prow

• puzzled

• monotonous

• massed

"Some people were cutting down the tall ______ grass by the water's edge."

• canoe

• monotonous

• gourd

• papyrus

Tall grasses that grow in wet places are ______

• monotonous

• prows

• reeds

• gourds

Salva almost falls asleep in the canoe because the _______ scenery never changes; all he sees is water.

• monotonous

• abundance

• puzzled

• desperate

Salva is amazed at the ______ of food on the island in the Nile; cassava, sugar cane, yams, fish, and crocodile and hippo meat are readily available.

• puzzled

• monotonous

• abundance

• massed

"Thousands, maybe millions, of hungry mosquitoes massed so thickly that in one breath Salva could have ended up with a mouthful..." hints that massed means

• a tall post on a ship

• an abnormal lump in the body

• a large, shapeless blob

• to come together in a large group

Because the group was going to cross they Akobo Desert, they were _______ to bring water with them; they knew they would die without it.

• desperate

• prow

• puzzled

• massed

The Akobo Desert is arid.

• True

• False

Salva is surprised that no plants grow in the desert, not even____.

• gourds

• shrubs

• canoes

• vultures

The blazing sun and heat are relentless in the desert.

• true

• false