Characters
Salva
What is the name of the main character?
What is the village where Salva lived?
Loun-Ariik
How old is she?
11
What is his age?
11
What 2 tribes are involved in an ongoing war?
Dinka and Nuer
The name of Salva's youngest brother.
Who is Kuol?
The first country where the Salva is headed to according to the map.
Ethiopia
Nya is what for her age?
Tall
What is the name of his tribe?
Dinka
What is a symbol of wealth?
Cattle
The name of one of Salva's brothers.
Who is Ring, Ariik, or Kuol?
What is the name of one of the refugee camps?
Kakuma
What does Nya step on?
A thorn
What is the language Salva spoke at school?
Arabic
What is the bush?
A rural area with plantlife and wild animals
The names of Salva's sisters.
Who are Agnath and Akit?
Spell the name of the village where Salva is from.
Loun-Ariik
What tool does she use to scoop water from the pond?
A Gourd
Spell the names of his 2 sisters on the board.
Akit and Agnath
Who is allowed to go to school and at what age?
Boys at age 10
What is the name of Salva's father?
Mawien Dut-Ariik
What river will Salva cross in Ethiopia, according to the map?
The Gilo River
Name 3 ways Nya is similar to Salva and 3 ways she is different.
Answers vary.
What 3 questions does Salva keep asking himself?
Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again?
What is the symbol of becoming a man?
Scars on the forehead