Vocab Definition
(of an engine) A mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust of an engine or car.
(of a plan or action) To have the opposite effect of what was intended.
What is backfire?
The lenses of their glasses were ___________ in the light.
What is gleaming?
The setting that Salva's story begins in
What is South Sudan, 1985?
The setting that Nya's story begins in...
What is South Sudan, 2008?
The main character of Brothers in Hope
What is Garang?
To move hurriedly or clumsily from or into a particular place or position
What is scrambled?
The teacher's voice became a low _________ in his ear.
In Chapter 3, Salva stays in the old woman's...
What is barn?
Nya carries the water by...
What is balancing it on her head?
The author of A Long Walk to Water
What is Linda Sue Park?
A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler
What is rebel?
Staying at an expensive hotel and eating at high-quality restaurants made it an __________ weekend.
What is extravagant?
The reason Salva's group leaves him behind
What is he is a young child?
The name of Nya's younger sister
What is Akeer?
The essential questions of this unit are...
What is "is home a place or an idea?" "Is a leader born or made?" "Can a story change the world?"
To make a continuous low humming sound
What is drone?
The dog's freshly washed fur was smooth and _______.
What is sleek?
The literary conflict term used to describe the rebel hitting a villager in the second chapter
What is person vs person?
The main problem faced by Nya's village
What is having to walk for hours to get water?
The definition of an independent clause
What is a clause that expresses a complete idea and can stand by itself?
Reflecting light, typically because very clean and polished.
What is gleaming?
A _________ fired at enemy positions.
What is mortar?
The similarity between Salva and the group of people that he is traveling with
What is they are all from the Dinka tribe?
Because Nya has to walk to gather water, she is not able to attend...
What is school?
The cause of the Sudanese Civil War
What is South Sudan fighting for religious independence?