A young girl, Nya spends much of her waking life walking to and from a large pond, miles away from her family’s village. She collects water from the pond into a gourd, balances the gourd on her head, and walks home, where she immediately deposits the water, turns back, and does it all over again.

How does Nya carry the water home? puts a cloth doughnut on her head, then puts jug of water on her head, balances it to walk.

South Sudan

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Which sentence from the passage best shows Salva’s feelings about Buksa? “Salva’s fear begun to grow until it was even stronger than his hunger” (Park 24). “By now Salva had caught the feeling of excitement” (Park 24).

Why is the time period Salva lives in important to the story? The time in history explains the problems Salva faces due to civil war. The time in history reveals the types of terrain that Salva walked through. The time in history demonstrates why cattle are important to the Dinka.

Nya’s mother is frightened that Dinka tribesmen will kill her husband and son—but so far, Nya’s family has been lucky, and nobody has died. Nya’s family lives in a near-constant state of fear and uncertainty. Salva embraces his uncle, and quickly explains to him that he hasn’t seen the rest of his family in a month.

A topi was a young antelope that looked a lot like a deer. Salva was so hungry he could hardly wait for the Topi to be cooked. That night, Salva felt very sick. He had eaten way too fast and his stomach was not used to having so much food in it.

Southern Sudan, 1985: In the night, Salva’s friend Marial was taken away and killed by a lion. Marial dies in chapter 7. After this Salva copes because he is devastated with his death from the lion.

Marial got eaten by a lion. Everyone was asleep so they didn’t hear the lion come and take Marial. 3. How does the loss of his friend affect Salva?

How is it possible that so much of his family is still alive? Why didn’t they give up hope? Salva’s family is still alive because like Salve, they took it one day at a time. They didn’t give up hope because deep down, they knew that Salva was a fighter and a leader.

Ch. 2 Why does Salva keep repeating the words, “Where is my family?” throughout the chapter? Salva is worried about his family, once he finds out they weren’t in the group of Loun-Arikk survivors.