Ndongo Ndiaye grew up in an African village about 130 miles (209 kilometers) east of Dakar, Senegal. Life is not easy there. Much of the country is poor, and jobs are hard to find. Ndiaye heard adults talking about going to new places to get better jobs. He hoped to do the same. And he did. Ndiaye played basketball for a living. He played professionally in the United States, Lebanon, and Japan. Now, he is back in his home country, Senegal, and he is helping other young African basketball players. Do It!
Ndiaye .

A 

worried

B 

celebrated

C 

hesitated

D 

traveled

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance