Answer: 1. The passage depicts the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of a young child. ... For two years, there's been a war in Sudan. There are rebels in the south, fighting against the government in the north. Salva doesn't know much about these rebels, but he knows they don't want to practice Islam.
2. The Lost Children persevered to overcome the hardships of war, starvation, thirst, displacement, and threats by wild animals. Many of them show respect, empathy, and integrity as they help each other survive these same hardships.