Show:
Nya
Salva
Vocabulary
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This and That
100
The name of Nya's sister.
Who is Akeer?
100
The night is difficult on the island in the Nile river because of these.
What are mosquitos?
100

What tool is used to cut down the grass between the two trees? 

What is a scyth?

100

What is the name of Salva's uncle?

Who is Uncle Jewiir?

100

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?

200
What caused Nya's sister's illness
What is dirty/contaminated water?
200
Name two hardships Salva faces in the desert.
What is heat/thirst/exhaustion/physical pain/emotional exhaustion?
200

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?

200

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?

200

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.

300
What are the strangers doing in Nya's village?
What is building a well?
300
The group make canoes to cross the Nile out of these.
What are papyrus and reeds?
300
To move lightly and quickly.
What is skittered?
300

What word would best describe the following: 

Walked slowly and with heavy steps.

Would it be "trek" or "trudged"

What is trudged?

300

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.

400
What is the "iron giraffe"?
What is a drill?
400

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

400

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?

400

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.

400

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.

500
Why do the strangers believe they will find water between the two large trees?
What is trees need water to grow/the trees roots must have a water supply?
500
The camp in Ethiopia where Salva spends six years is closing for this reason.
What is the Ethiopian government collapses and the soldiers ordered everyone to leave.
500

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?

500

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. 

500

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