Setting
Where does Nya have to go every year?
To the camp near the lake.
When the group was walking, why did Salva cling to Uncle like a baby?
Marial was gone and Salva was afraid of the lions.
What was the one thing Nya liked about the camp?
She did not have to make two trips to the pond.
What was the name of fruit Salva's dad used to bring home?
Mango
How was the group able to make boats?
They had to weave reeds.
What did Salva and his group have to cross while sailing in the boats?
The Nile River
Where did both Marial and Uncle tell Salva they are walking to?
Ethiopia
What was Nya's older brother's name?
Dep
What was Salva's uncle's name?
Uncle Jewiir
How did Akeer become ill?
Her sickness came from the water
When the group was sailing in the boats, where was the first place they stopped?
On an island in the Nile River.
As Salva was walking through the desert, what happened to his toe?
He lost a toenail.
Nya, once annoyed by Akeer's whining, later felt guilty. Why did she feel guilty?
Akeer had become very ill.
What were Salva's shoes made from?
Rubber tires and leather
How did Akeer recover from her illness?
The family went to a clinic and the doctor gave her medicine.
This type of animal lives in Africa and it was the first thing Uncle shot for the group to eat.
A topi (a type of antelope)
What was the name of the desert that Salva spent several days walking?
Akobo Desert
What did Nya have to sleep in at the camp?
A makeshift shelter.
When Salva wanted to give the dying men water, what did Salva's uncle say to him?
He is too small and would not survive the rest of the walk.
What must Nya's mother have to do with the water to prevent Akeer from getting sick?
Mother had to boil it for a count of two hundred
What was the name of the land where the group would see lions?
Atuot
As the group was walking, what did a woman do when she saw people dying of thirst?
She poured water onto a cloth and rubbed a man's lips
What was Nya's mother afraid of?
That they would run into Dinka tribesmen.
When on the boat, how did Salva keep himself awake?
He counted Uncle's paddles to gauge how far twenty strokes traveled.
How long did it take the men to build the boats?
Two full days