Nya
What tool is used to cut down the grass between the two trees?
What is a scyth?
What is the name of Salva's uncle?
Who is Uncle Jewiir?
What is the choice faced by the group when they come across a small group of men in the Akobo desert?
What is whether to give some of their water to the men (and risk not having enough for themselves) or let the men die of thirst?
The men from the Nuer tribe were cruel and acted without pity on Uncle Jewiir. They were without mercy.
What word would describe without mercy?
What is merciless?
What kind of figurative language is in this sentence:
“I mustn't act like a baby--I must try to be strong...”
What is a simile?
What figurative language is being used?
"Salva's mouth opened and closed as if he were a fish"
What is a simile?
Salva is so thirsty that his mouth is expanding and closing like a fish gasping for oxygen, which paints a picture of how desperate Salva is for water.
What word would best describe the following:
Walked slowly and with heavy steps.
Would it be "trek" or "trudged"
What is trudged?
The narrator describes Salva’s hunger as a “deep buzzing pain” (23). What kind of figurative language is that?
The figurative language used is onomatopoeia because of the use of buzzing, giving his pain to the sound of a bee.
After Uncle is killed, how does the group treat Salva?
What is not very nice?
As they did in the beginning/Wouldn't share anything with him/Complained he was too young/weak
When Salva got to the refugee camp, many of the people arrived looking not well, ill. This word means to become extremely thin.
What is emaciated?
What figurative language is being used in the following sentence:
"Overhead the plane veered like a sleek, evil bird."
What is a simile?
The ordinary, plane was moved quickly and with evil precision. The mood is one of darkness to come.
What kind of figurative language is found in this sentence:
"The sun was already baking the air."
What is personification? The sun can't bake, that is a human characteristic. It is being used to show how hot it is.
This is a word we hadn't heard before. It refers to loud banging or ringing sounds. Nya describes the noise the machines are making.
What is clangor?
When Salva is in school, he is bored because of the repetitive lesson and his teacher talking.
Is the teacher sounding monotonous or monetary?
What is monotonous? A repetitive sound that feels boring to the listener.
How do the villagers in Nya's village help the strangers with the project?
What is the men clear the land/women gather rocks and stones/men break the rocks into gravel