310-<strong>Quiz</strong> 1Underline 3 sentences that show how God made camels for desert travel.12. They can travel for days without food and water.13. They have long necks to eat leaves in treetops.14. They can close their lips and noses tightly to keep out blowing sand.15. They have thick pads on their feet to keep from sinking into the sand.(4 points each.) [16]Underline the best answer. (4 points each.) [20]16. What is an oasis?a place where an old man lives in a deserta place in a desert where there is water, grass, and treesa wide rolling plain of hot sand17. The word grazed in paragraphs 17 and 18 means…walked. eaten. slept.18. Why did the merchants think the old man had seen their camel?He came from the direction the camel had gone.He was used to living in the desert.He knew so much about the camel.19. This story teaches us that we can learn many things if…we have good eyesight.we pay attention to the things we see.we live all alone for many years.20. Another good title for this story could be…Life in the Desert.Look at What You See.The Cracked Honey Pot.2
The Lost Camel310-<strong>Quiz</strong> 1prints of a man, so I knew the camel was alone.“The print of his left front foot was not as deep as theprint of the right foot, so I knew he was limping.“As I followed the footprints, I saw that the camel hadgrazed only on the left side of the road. From this I knew hemust be blind in his right eye or he would have seen thegrass on the right side too.“Then I noticed that the grass had not been grazedevenly. Several blades of grass were left growing whereverthe camel had taken a bite. This showed that he had lost oneof his front teeth.“Next, I saw on one side of the footprints that flies werebuzzing around something. I looked, then stuck my fingerinto what I saw, and found it to be honey. On the other sideof the footprints, ants were carrying off grains of wheat. Bythat I knew the camel was loaded with honey and wheat.The honey jar must have been cracked and the bags musthave been old, or they would not have been droppinganything.”“But how did you know we were the ones who had lostthe camel?” cried the merchants.“That was simple,” replied the old man. “Merchants donot travel on foot across the desert. They are rich enough toown a camel. I could tell by your clothes that you aremerchants. Since you were walking, I felt sure you werehunting for the camel which had gone that way.”The judge and the merchants looked at the old man incomplete astonishment.“You are indeed a wise man,” said the judge.“A wise man indeed,” agreed the merchants.“I am no wiser than you,” said the man. “I just use theeyes God gave me to see what I am looking at.”An old man once lived in the desert alone at an oasis(ō ā′ səs). Only at an oasis are there trees, grass, and waterto be found in a desert. On those wide rolling plains of hotsand, people travel on camels. God made camels so thatthey can travel for days without water or food.Camels have thick eyelids that keep out the sun. Theycan close their lips and noses tightly to keep out the blowingsand. Thick pads on their feet keep them from sinkinginto the sand as they walk.One day this old man was walking near his oasis homewhen he met two merchants. “You have lost a camel, haveyou not?” he inquired.“Yes, we have,” they answered.“He is blind in his right eye and lame in his left leg, isn’the?” asked the man.“Yes, he is,” the merchants answered in surprise.“Has he lost one of his front teeth?” asked the man.“Yes, he has,” admitted the merchants.“Is he carrying a cracked jar of honey on one side and anold bag of wheat on the other?” asked the old man.“All that is true. Since you have seen him, please tell uswhere we can find him,” said the merchants.“I have not seen your camel. But you can be glad he hasnot been stolen, but only strayed away.”“You must have seen him!” cried the merchants. “Youcould not know so much about him if you hadn’t.”The merchants were positive the old man knew wheretheir camel was. They took him before the judge.“Explain yourself,” commanded the judge.“I have lived alone at the oasis for many years,” said theman. “I have learned to see what I am looking at. A shortwhile ago I saw the footprints of a camel. There were noAdapted from Golden Book of Choice Readings. American Book Company.Adaptation © 2000, <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>Light</strong> <strong>Publications</strong>, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA. All rights reserved.3
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