-What was Salvas favourite drink?

Coca-cola.

-How many boys followed salva?

1500

-How many boys got to the kakuma camp?

1200

-How many people died crossing the gilo river?

1000

-Why was salvas village called loun-ariik?

After his grandfather

-Where in America did salva go?

Rochester New York

-What was salvas little brother´s name?

Kuol.

-What was slava´s teacher in the Kakuma camp called?

Michael

-What did Salva find after crossing the Nile river?

Desert

-What were they building next to Nya´s house?

A school.

-What was Marial´s cause of death?

Eaten by lions

-What were the names of the tribes?

Nour and Dinka.

-What tribe did salva belong to?

Dinka.

-What surgery did salva´s father have?

Stomach surgery.

-What did they cross the Nile river with?

Boats.

-What is the name of the refugee camp in Kenya?

Kakuma Camp.
-What were the conditions to go to the USA?
*Had to be healthy.
*Could not have been a soldier.
*Had to be an orphan.

-Where in the USA did Salva go?

Rochester New York.

-What did the cold feel like to Salva?

Like a slap in the face.

-What did Salva find difficult in english?

Pronunciation.

-What two things did Salva learn from Michael?

*English
*Volleyball

-Who told Salva his father was sick?

His cousin

-How many years passed without Salva seeing his father?

19.

-Who didn't let the tribe sacrifice a cow for Salva because they had hope?
His father.

-Whom of Salva´s brothers survived the war?

Ring

-What was Salva´s father´s name?

Mawien.

-Where did Salva´s first performance take place?

In a cafeteria.

-What was Salva doing when the shooting happened?

Taking an Arabis class.

-How many brothers did salva have?

3

-How many sisters did Slava have?

2

-What were Salva´s sister´s names?

A Kit.
Agnath.
-How old was Nya?
11 Years old.

-What caused Nya´s pain in the foot?

A plant´s thorn.

-What did Nya always see around the pond?

A lot of life.

-How old was Nya´s little sister?

5 years old.

-How many hours does Nya walk in a day?

8

-How long in days was the walk to the large lake from Nya´s lake?
3 days.

-What tribe did Nya belong to?

The Nour tribe.

-Which was the enemy of the Nour tribe?

The Dinka tribe

-What was Nya´s job when her family moved to the large lake?
Her job was the same: to fetch water.

-How was the water Nya's village found while drilling?

It was filthy.

-Where had Nya´s family gone for generations?

To the lake camp.
-What was Nya´s mother afraid of?
She was worried her father would die during the hunting expedition.

-How many people were hunted by the Dinka tribe?

No one had been hunted.

-What pain did Akeer sufer?

Stomach-ache

-Who was Nya´s uncle?

He was Nya´s tribe´s chief.

-Where did Nya´s mother take her and her sister?

She took the to a big white tent with other sick people.

-Where did the doctor say that Akeer´s disease came from?
From dirty water.

-What was behind Nya´s house?

A tree.

- What was the danger of cutting the grass and removing the trees in chapter eleven?
The danger was the poisonous snakes and scorpions.

-How did Nya feel on one of her water trips in chapter eleven?
She felt puzzled and doubtful.

- What is associated with a red giraffe in chapter twelve?

With a tall drill.

-In chapter 13 the boss encourages the workers and laughs and jokes with them or he treats
the workers very badly?
He encourages the workers and laughs and jokes with them.

- How was the water that they found in chapter fourteen?

The water was full of mud.

-Why did Nya frown when she saw that the workers found new water?
Because the water wasn’t clean.

-What was Nya’s father doing with the workers?

He was cleaning the land.

-What were they building in chapter 17?

A school.

-What was strange for Nya in chapter 17?

Those girls could also go to school.

-What made Nya very happy at the end of chapter 17?

That she could learn how to read and write.

-How was the school in the United Estates that was going to raise money for their well?

It was called Elm Street.

-How was the water of the well?

It was cold and clean.

-. What does Nya say they would build in her village the next year?

A marketplace.

-Of what tribe came Dep (the boss of the workers) from, the Dinka or the Nuer?

He was Dinka.

-Why does Nya find strange that Salva was Dinka?

Because he didn’t have any scars on his face.

-What does “Spiky plants” mean?

Plantas con pinchos.

-What does “hunch” mean?

Some of the boys moved at once, ducking their heads and hunching over.

Round one's back by bending forward

-What does “scattered” mean?

The fighting was scattered all around southern Sudan, and now the war had come to where
Salva lived.

Occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

-What does “sacramble” mean?

The boys scrambled to their feet. Some of them were crying.

Move hurriedly
-What does “veer” mean?

Overhead, a jet plane veered away like a sleek evil bird.

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

-What does “approach” mean?

A soldier approached Salva and raised his gun.

Move towards

-What does “ gleaming” mean?

All he could see was the gun’s huge barrel, black and gleaming, as it moved toward his face

Bright with a steady but subdued shining

-What does “collapse” mean?

If I die now, I will never see my family again. Somehow, this thought strengthened him
enough to keep him from collapsing in terror

Break down, literally or metaphorically

-What does “restless” mean?

Salva tossed restlessly in the itchy hay.

Worried and uneasy.

-What does “ hazy” mean?

On the far horizon, the sky was hazy from the smoke of the bombs.

Filled or abounding with fog or mist.

-What does “flinch” mean?

Salva flinched at her glance.

Draw back, as with fear or pain.

-What does “desperately” mean?

With every shell that exploded he would think of his family, hoping they were safe, wondering
desperately when he would be with them again.
In a state of intense distress and hopelessness
-What does “panic” mean?

Salva stared at her as panic rose inside him

An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

-What does “torrent” mean?

The rain, which was falling in torrents, added to the uproar

Violently fast streams of water, large amount of water that moves very quickly in one
direction

-What does “relentless” mean?

The sun was relentless and eternal

Never ceasing, continuing with no letting up, determined

-What does parched mean?

His lips became cracked and patched

Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight

-What does “glance” mean?

Glancing at her younger sister, Nya did not say what she was thinking: that Akeer, who was
only five years old, was too small and walked too slowly.

Throw a glance at; take a brief look at.

-What does “stumble” mean?

He stumbled along, somehow moving one foot ahead of the other, not noticing the ground he
walked on or the forest around him or the light in the sky.

Walk unsteadily

-What does “shuffle” mean?

Usually he walked among the Dinka, but today, shuffling along in a daze, he found he had
fallen a little behind

Walk by dragging one's feet

-What does “sluggish” mean?

Salva wondered sluggishly if they shouldn’t try to keep up a bit better

Moving slowly

-What does “ despite” mean?

Listening to Uncle, hurrying to stay close to him, Salva was able to make his feet move
despite the cold terror throughout his whole body.

Contemptuous disregard.