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What is the name of Salva's village?
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Loun- Ariik
Why doesn’t Nya’s family live near the big lake all the time?
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Nya’s family does not live near the big lake all the time because it is not safe. Nya’s tribe, the Nuer and the rival tribe, The Dinka, fight over the land surrounding the big lake.
The purpose of Nya's walk each day?
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What is water
Salva is a member of this tribe.
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What is the Dinka?
Salva thinks he sees this person at the Itang Refugee Camp? She wore an orange headscarf.
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Who is his mother
Nya is a part of this tribe.
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What is Nuer?
Who does Salva meet, become good friends with and walk with for part of his journey?
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Marial
It takes this long to cross the Akobo dessert.
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3 days
What does one woman in the group do for a dying man in the desert?
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What is gives him water
What was the name of Nya's 5 year old sister?
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Who is Akeer
Who gives Salva peanuts and a gourd for his travels?
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What is old lady he calls "Auntie"
Where does the man who tried to eat honey from the beehive Buska found get stung?
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on the tongue
Character is related to Salva, owns a rifle and uses it to help the group of refugees?
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Uncle Jewiir
What is the name of the crocodile filled river Salva and the other refugees forced to cross??
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Gilo River
What animal attacks and kills Marial?
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a lion
How does Salva treat the boys he is leading?
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kindly
How did Uncle encourage Salva in the desert?
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giving him small goals like walking only to the bushes ahead of him and repeating his full name
What is the name that people in America are calling the boys who walked across the desert to Kenya?
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The Lost Boys
Where did this story take place?
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Africa, Southern Sudan
What does Salva have on the plane that reminds him of his home?
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Coca Cola
Where does Marial tell Salva they are traveling?
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What is East to Ethiopia
Who killed Uncle?
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What is Nuer men
Where do the soldiers chase the people of the camp? What are the dangers involved?
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The soldiers were chasing the people towards the Gilo River. The Gilo river was between Ethiopia and Sudan. Crossing the river would be very dangerous because of the current and the crocodiles.
What do the Dinka call the Atuot and why?
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The Dinka call the Atuot “the people of the lion” because they live in an area where there are lions; it was said that when an Atuot person died they came back as a lion that “hungers for human flesh
What was the name of young Jur-chol boy who lead Salva to the beehive?
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Who is Buksa
In Chapter 8, Salva has a flashback of his father on a bicycle. What did Salva's father bring him?
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What is Mangoes
What makes Akeer, Nya's sister so sick?
Page 45
dirty water
Who are Koul, Ariik and Ring?
Page 2
Salva's brothers
What was Salva given for his trip to America that totally surprised and confused him?
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a LOT of clothes!
What two things does Salva learn in the Kakuma Refugee Camp?
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how to read and play volleyball