Chapter 9 (2008) 1. How does the village chief welcome strangers? What do you think they want?

2. How is the Akobo the worst element yet for the villagers to survive? Use details to explain your answer.

3. How does Uncle encourage Salva to keep walking? What might have happened to Salva without his uncle’s encouragement? How could you apply Uncle’s strategy in your own life?

4. What do they find when they reach other people in the desert?

5. What is the choice faced here? Would you give water to the men? What is the right thing to do?

Chapter 10 (2008)

1. What do the two strangers want from Nya’s chief? How will it change the lives of the villagers in Nya’s community?

2. Did Salva give his water to the men? Did anyone? What were the results?

3. What happened to the village of Lou Ariik?

4. What will happen when the group reaches Ethiopia? What are Uncle’s plans?

5. Where did the six men come from? Why did they single out Uncle? Explain the significance of the following line from the text, “There was something evil in their laughter.”