Lost Boys, Found

The author writes, “It seemed his journey might end there—alone, in the middle of the desert, under the harsh and unblinking eye of the sun.” The author is using personification to ________.

• exaggerate the sun’s size

• describe Salva looking up at the sun

• emphasize the intensity of the sun’s heat

• explain that the sun looks like an eye

Everyone at the party got sick after they ate the ____________________ salsa.

• accustomed

• contaminated

• merciless

• daunting

The movie was about a ____________________ king who threw anyone who got in his way in the dungeon without a second thought.

• merciless

• refugee

• accustomed

• contaminated

Going to swim practice at 5 a.m. was tough at first, but now I’m ____________________ to it.

• remote

• daunting

• contaminated

• accustomed

We organized a food drive for the many ____________________ who moved to our town after fleeing their home country

• daunting

• accustomed

• refugees

• merciless

Katie has a(n) ____________________ amount of homework to do this weekend (which is what happens when you wait until the last moment to start all of your assignments).

• daunting

• contaminated

• refugee

• merciless

Our cats Butterface and Wayne are masters of the sneak attack—they are always ____________________ each other.

• daunting

• contaminated

• ambushing

• merciless

The main purpose of the section “The Lost Boys” is to ________.

• explain why Salva and many others had to flee their homes in Sudan

• describe Salva’s journey to Ethiopia

• explain who Salva is

• explain where Salva went to school

The author writes, “he felt like the last of his strength had evaporated in the heat.” She means that ________.

• Salva needed water

• Salva was extremely tired and worn out

• Salva’s foot was so badly injured that he couldn’t walk on it

• Salva felt he could no longer go on

The information about Salva’s father getting sick from contaminated water BEST________.

• helps explain the effects of the civil war in Sudan

• helps explain why access to clean water is important

• helps explain why Salva had to flee his homeland