WW1102

Nya's family was of the Nuer tribe while Salva's family was of of the ______ tribe.

• Tigray

• Zimbabwe

• Dinka

• Atuot

Select all the items for which the Dinka and Nuer tribes fought with each other.

• cattle

• diamonds

• land

• water

Rebels were angry with the government and

• launched an armed resistance

• had a peaceful protest

• stole everything from the people

• passed laws to help their people

In Chapter 3, Salva recognized an old woman and some other people as members of his own tribe. How could he tell?

• They had special piercings.

• They had patterns on their foreheads.

• They spoke his dialect.

• They wore Dinka attire.

The old woman in the village gave Salva peanuts and a gourd. What statement below best describes a gourd?

• bottle

• money

• weapon

• clothes

How long did Nya's family live at the big lake?

• 8 months

• 5 years

• 8 years

• 5 months

What was Salva doing before he ran away as hard as he could into the bush?

• Sitting in school and thinking about being at home

• Gathering firewood so his family could cook supper

• Leading the family cattle to the watering hole

• Looking for his little brother, who hadn't come home for lunch

Why did a man agree to take Salva with his group when the old woman asked?

• The man's wife thought Salva resembled her lost child.

• The woman offered water in exchange for helping Salva.

• The man had met Salva's father in Loun-Ariik and wanted to help his son.

• The people in the man's group were Dinka as was Salva.

When Marial vanished one night, Salva believed that his friend had been --

• found and reunited with his family

• sought out and taken away by a lion

• abandoned in the bush by some of the men

• persuaded to run away and join the rebels

What kept Salva busy after he and the others reached the Nile?

• He mended fishing nets and cleaned fish in exchange for shelter.

• He kept watch for soldiers while young children and women crossed the river.

• He gathered cut stalks of papyrus grass and took them to the boatbuilders.

• He made eel traps and then weighed them down in shallow water.