Summer Without Rain — Questions and answers

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What were Kai and Zara searching for in the desert?

Choices

  1. More colors
  2. A towering rock
  3. Water ✓
  4. A lost cloak

Answer: Water

From page 2

Who told Zara that 'Knowledge is power, Kai. And maps are the keys to unlocking it'?

Choices

  1. Kai
  2. Her grandmother ✓
  3. A stranger
  4. The desert itself

Answer: Her grandmother

From page 3

What happened right before Kai grabbed Zara's arm?

Choices

  1. Zara found some water.
  2. The sky started to cry.
  3. The ground trembled and a loud roar echoed. ✓
  4. They saw more beautiful colors.

Answer: The ground trembled and a loud roar echoed.

From page 4

How did the Sand Eater look when it appeared?

Choices

  1. Small and fluffy like a cloud.
  2. A colossal worm-like creature with shimmering scales and sharp teeth. ✓
  3. A tall, skinny creature with long arms.
  4. A quiet creature that hid in the sand.

Answer: A colossal worm-like creature with shimmering scales and sharp teeth.

From page 6

What was Kai's plan for dealing with the Sand Eater?

Choices

  1. To outrun it.
  2. To fight it with a sword.
  3. To redirect it using a device. ✓
  4. To hide from it.

Answer: To redirect it using a device.

From page 7

What happened to the Sand Eater when Kai used the device?

Choices

  1. It became very angry and attacked.
  2. It became confused and disoriented. ✓
  3. It fell asleep.
  4. It started to glow.

Answer: It became confused and disoriented.

From page 8

What did the Sand Eater do after it became confused?

Choices

  1. It went back to sleep.
  2. It chased Kai and Zara.
  3. It burrowed deep into the earth and disappeared. ✓
  4. It turned into dust.

Answer: It burrowed deep into the earth and disappeared.

From page 9

What did Kai think the Sand Eater was guarding?

Choices

  1. A secret map.
  2. Something buried beneath the sand. ✓
  3. A hidden treasure chest.
  4. The painted desert itself.

Answer: Something buried beneath the sand.

From page 10

Where was the mysterious figure watching Kai and Zara from?

Choices

  1. On top of the mesa.
  2. From behind a rock formation.
  3. In a hidden canyon. ✓
  4. Inside the Sand Eater.

Answer: In a hidden canyon.

From page 11

What did Zara and Kai follow to find their next destination?

Choices

  1. The tracks of the Sand Eater.
  2. A map drawn by Zara's grandmother.
  3. The faint energy trail left by the Sand Eater. ✓
  4. The direction of the hot wind.

Answer: The faint energy trail left by the Sand Eater.

From page 13

What did Zara and Kai find at the base of the towering mesa?

Choices

  1. A small oasis with water.
  2. Another Sand Eater.
  3. A hidden entrance, a dark chasm, with a faint pulsing. ✓
  4. A pile of colorful sand.

Answer: A hidden entrance, a dark chasm, with a faint pulsing.

From page 14

Who did Kai and Zara find standing before the pulsating crystal core?

Choices

  1. Only Elara.
  2. The Sand Eater.
  3. Elara and the cloaked figure. ✓
  4. Zara's grandmother.

Answer: Elara and the cloaked figure.

From page 17

What happened to the Sand Eaters after Kai redirected the crystal's energy?

Choices

  1. They disappeared forever.
  2. They became free and protected the desert. ✓
  3. They became angry and attacked Kai and Zara.
  4. They turned into normal worms.

Answer: They became free and protected the desert.

From page 20