Chapters 1-3
Nya is aware of her ability to reach home by noon after doing this.
What is collecting water?
Salva finds this friend - he eventually dies to a bear attack.
Who is Marial?
At the end of Chapter 9, Salva's group comes upon this number of people - all close to dead.
What is 9?
Salva finds himself traveling to America - more specifically, this state.
What is New York?
Nya finds that one of these is going to be built, followed by a marketplace.
What is a school?
Nya has to stop to remove this in Chapter 2.
What is a thorn?
Nya's family must move to a lake for this number of months each year.
What is 5?
After a bear attack, Salva's uncle reminds him of the existence of this.
What is a gun?
In Chapter 12, Nya calls a piece of machinery a "red, iron giraffe", which is really just this.
What is a drill?
Salva and the rest of the group heading to America don this name.
What is the Lost Boys?
In Salva's story, the rebels are taking down a government because of their attempts to turn Sudan into this type of country.
What is Muslim?
These chapters relate to this 5-year-old sister of Nya's.
Who is Akeer?
Nya's family can fix a contaminated water problem by doing this.
What is boiling the water?
In Chapter 11, Salva notices his mother due to a scarf of this color.
What is orange?
In the final chapter, Salva is not recognized as Dinka because he does not have any of these.
What are tribal marks?
In Chapter 3, Salva is offended for being called this.
What is an orphan?
This boy found honey via a bird's call.
Who is Buska?
In Chapter 8, Salva is reminded of this treat on page 48.
What are mangoes?
In Chapter 12, Salva's story jumps time for the very first time - advancing the plot to this year.
What is 1991?
As Salva is traveling back to Sudan, he takes one of these out of Juba.
What is a Jeep?
In school, Salva is learning this language before he flees Loun-Ariik.
What is Arabic?
In Chapter 6, Salva comes upon his uncle. His first name is this.
Who is Jewiir?
Nya's tribe found that the men wanted to excavate this type of water.
What is groundwater?
In Chapter 13, Salva flees the refugee camp. He survives - unlike this many people.
What is a thousand?
In Salva's project, he receives help from this person - a friend of his host family.
Who is Scott?