Characters
This person is afraid of losing her husband and son to the Dinka tribe
Who is Nya's mother?
The country in which most of the story takes place
What is Sudan?
The tribe to which Salva belongs
What is the Dinka?
The tribe to which Nya belongs
What is the Nuer?
How old Salva and Nya are when the story begins
What is 11 years old?
The person who sheltered Salva for a few days
Who is the old lady?
Nya has to dig into this substance to get water
What is clay?
Where Salva is when the fighting first starts
What is school?
This person got sick from drinking dirty water
Who is Akeer?
Salva loses this very early in his journey
What is his family?
Salva's friend who is taken away in the dead of night
Who is Marial?
The country Salva and his group are trying to reach for safety
What is Ethiopia?
What is 1985?
The year that Nya's storyline takes place
The rebels and the government fight mainly over this
Jewiir's past occupation that helps him lead the group
What is a soldier?
The harsh natural feature that Salva has to cross
The Akobo Desert
Jewiir gives Salva this edible item to eat in the desert
What is a tamarind?
The men who visit Nya's village talk about this with the chief
What is water?
What happens to the men in Salva's group when the rebels talk to them
What is recruited to fight?
The name of Nya's brother
What is Dep?
At least two of the landmarks Salva's uncle guides him towards in the desert (four possible answers)
What are bushes / a clump of rocks / a lone acacia / a bare spot of sand?
The position that Salva's father held in his village
Village judge
The number of trips to the pond Nya usually makes each day
What is two trips?
This is how many miles the journey was for the Lost Boys of Sudan to travel to safety (I will accept within 100 miles of the correct number)
What is 1,000 miles?