ALWTW chapters 1- 3

What war occurred in 1985 in Sudan?

• The Second Sudanese War

• The Second Sudanese Civil War

• A war with Kenya

• A war between the Dinka and Nuer

What caused Salva to run away from school?

• An earth quake hit his village.

• A tsunami hit his village.

• The rebels were shooting in his village.

• The Dinka and Nuer were fighting outside the school.

What internal dialogue is Salva having?

• He keeps saying, "Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again?"

• He keeps saying, "Why are the kids running?"

• He keeps saying, He heard the noise outside and keeps saying, "Was it a gunshot?"

• He keeps saying, "Everyone, Down!"

What is happening in Nya's story? What is she doing?

• Nya is taking care of her siblings.

• Nya is with Salva hiding from the gunfire.

• Nya is in school.

• Nya is walking to get water.

How old does the novel say that Salva is in Chapter 1?

• Ten years old

• Twelve years old

• Eleven years old

• Nine years old

What happens while Salva is in school listening to the teacher drone on with the lesson?

• The teacher calls him out for sleeping.

• He hears gunshots outside in the village.

• His friend gets in trouble and sent to the village leader.

• His father comes to collect him because danger is near.

What happens to Nya on her walk, in chapter 2?

• She encounters a lion.

• She stops to talk to a friend who is also walking.

• She is ambushed by soldiers.

• She gets a thorn stuck in the bottom on her foot.

As Salva is forced to run into the wilderness, what thought keeps coming to his mind over and over again?

• He is wondering where his family is and if he will see them again?

• He is thinking that this is a big mistake and they need to go back to school.

• He is wondering how the teacher is doing back at the school.

• He is thinking that he left his school books laying on the ground.

What is the purpose for Nya's walk each day?

• She is trying to get away from her family.

• She is going to get food each day.

• She is walking to the market to sell her family's good.

• She is walking to get water.

Why did the group decide to leave Salva while he was sleeping?

• He was hurt and couldn't continue.

• He was a child.

• He begged for food too much.

• He needed to be returned to his mother and father.