Storyworks I Live in a Refuge Camp

According to the passage, what caused the fighting to start in Darfur?

• A. not enough schools for children

• B. scarce number of houses

• C. diamonds and other valuable gems

• D. scarce farmland

Read this sentence: "The refugees arrived at places like Kalma Camp with little more than the clothes on their backs."

• A. They did not need to bring anything to the camps.

• B. They did not want to bring anything from the villages.

• C. They were not allowed by the camps to bring anything from the villages.

• D. They did not have time to take anything when the villages were attacked.

Read the following sentence and answer the question below: “Even a few years after Sumaya had arrived at Kalma Camp, conditions in the refugee camps were bleak.”As used in this sentence, what does “bleak” mean?

• clean

• positive

• gloomy

• cheerful

What was likely the author’s main reason for writing this passage?

• to tell the story of how Sumaya and her family escaped

• to show the conditions of refugee camps in Darfur

• to explain how people could have helped refugees in Darfur

• to show the kind of education children in Darfur received

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Sumaya stayed positive by thinking about good things even _________ conditions in the refugee camps had gotten worse.

• before

• because

• but

• though

What are some resources that were scarce in the refugee camps in Darfur? Select more than one.

• medical supplies

• school supplies

• food

• water