Definitions
Setting and Characters
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3-5
100

This is the time and place in which a story occurs.

What is setting?

100

The setting in Sudan forces Nya to walk for hours each day to fetch this.

What is water

100

Salva’s story starts in this African country.

Sudan

100

Nya’s role in her family is to do this daily chore in Chapter 2.

What is fetching water?

100

In Chapter 3, Salva meets this woman who helps him with food and shelter.

What is the old woman?

200

This refers to the series of events that make up the main storyline in a text.

What is plot? 

200

This war, which affects Salva, forces many people to flee from their homes.

What is the Second Sudanese Civil War?

200

Salva belongs to this tribe.

What is Dinka?
200

In Chapter 2, Salva ends up alone and is left behind by this group.

What is the villagers?
200

In Chapter 5, Nya’s family moves closer to this location for better access to water.

What is the big lake?

300

These are the people, animals, or beings in a story who drive the action.

What are characters?

300

The harsh desert environment influences Nya and Salva by making this resource unavailable, shaping their actions.

What is water?

300

Salva is in school learning Arabic when he hears these sounds, signaling danger.

What are gunshots?

300

Nya has to travel this long to get water for her family.

What is almost a full day?

300

Salva meets this boy in Chapter 5, who becomes his close friend but tragically dies.

Who is Marial?

400

This term refers to the perspective from which a story is told.

What is point of view?

400

How does the setting impact Salva’s feelings when he is separated from his family in Chapter 1?

What is scared, alone, depressed, fearful?

400

In Chapter 1, Salva’s village is attacked because of this.

The Second Sudanese Civil War.

400

Salva is abandoned by the group because they think he will slow them down due to this.

What is his age (he is too young)?

400

Nya’s family moves to the big lake for this reason.

What is to find water during the dry season?

500

This term describes how the setting or characters cause an effect on the plot or each other.

What is influence?

500

The setting near the big lake in Chapter 5 causes Nya’s family to do this every year.

What is move closer to the lake to avoid water scarcity?

500

Salva ends up separated from his family while running from this group in Chapter 1.

What are the rebels?

500

Salva sleeps in this kind of structure in Chapter 2 after being abandoned by the group.

What is a barn?

500

Salva feels a bond with Marial in Chapter 5 because of this similarity.

What is they are both without their families?

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