Definitions
This is the time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
The setting in Sudan forces Nya to walk for hours each day to fetch this.
What is water?
Salva’s story starts in this African country.
Sudan
Nya’s role in her family is to do this daily chore in Chapter 2.
What is fetching water?
In Chapter 3, Salva meets this woman who helps him with food and shelter.
What is the old woman?
This refers to the series of events that make up the main storyline in a text.
What is plot?
This war, which affects Salva, forces many people to flee from their homes.
What is the Second Sudanese Civil War?
Salva belongs to this tribe.
In Chapter 2, Salva ends up alone and is left behind by this group.
In Chapter 5, Nya’s family moves closer to this location for better access to water.
What is the big lake?
These are the people, animals, or beings in a story who drive the action.
What are characters?
The harsh desert environment influences Nya and Salva by making this resource unavailable, shaping their actions.
What is water?
Salva is in school learning Arabic when he hears these sounds, signaling danger.
What are gunshots?
Nya has to travel this long to get water for her family.
What is almost a full day?
Salva meets this boy in Chapter 5, who becomes his close friend but tragically dies.
Who is Marial?
This term refers to the perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
How does the setting impact Salva’s feelings when he is separated from his family in Chapter 1?
What is scared, alone, depressed, fearful?
In Chapter 1, Salva’s village is attacked because of this.
The Second Sudanese Civil War.
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)?
Nya’s family moves to the big lake for this reason.
What is to find water during the dry season?
This term describes how the setting or characters cause an effect on the plot or each other.
What is influence?
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?
Salva ends up separated from his family while running from this group in Chapter 1.
What are the rebels?
Salva sleeps in this kind of structure in Chapter 2 after being abandoned by the group.
What is a barn?
Salva feels a bond with Marial in Chapter 5 because of this similarity.
What is they are both without their families?