Question Bank for Grade 8 English

What is the name of the female, main character in the story?

• Akeer
• Salva
• Nya
• Mariel

What is the name of the male, main character in the story?

• Salva Dut Ariik
• Salma Dut Ariik
• Salba Put Ariik
• Salva Put Ariik

Where are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia 
• Southern Sudan
• Northern Sudan
• Kenya

When we first meet Salva at the beginning of the story, what is he doing?

• He is studying for school.
• He is daydreaming in school.
• He is finishing his homework.
• He is walking to get water.

Fill in the blank:
"Don't run home. They will be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages. Run into the ____," said Salva's teacher.

• desert
• river
• bush
• forest

What was the name of the village Salva was from?

• Loun-Ariik
• Dinka
• Louin-Akeer
• Nuer

Who was the village of Loun-Ariik named after?

• Salva's Uncle
• Salva's Father
• Salva's Grandfather
• Salva's Mother

Fill in the blank:
"With the water balanced on her ____, and her foot still sore from the thorn, Nya knew that going home would take longer than coming had."

• hip
• arm
• shoulder
• head

Where did Salva sleep the night his village was attacked?

• He slept in a barn.
• He slept in a hut.
• He slept outside.
• He slept in a bush.

What happens when Salva wakes up in the barn the next morning?

• He eats breakfast.
• He realizes that everyone left without him.
• He meets Uncle.
• He meets Marial.