Lost boy, lost girl

1. Why did John’s village honor his great
uncle?
2. What was John’s Family’s primary
occupation?
3. What type of education did John receive
while growing up in a rural village in
South Sudan?
Chapter 1 Questions “John”

1. Name and describe the city in Sudan
where Martha grew up.
2. What religion was Martha’s family? What
does Martha say was the reason why her
mother was not superstitious and did not
believe in witchcraft?
3. Name two of the reasons why the
Southern Sudanese were angry with the
Muslim government in the North, according
to this chapters explanation.
Chapter 2 Questions “Martha”

1. Explain what john’s people thought the
prophet’s words: “Your nation will be a
nation of people with black hair” meant.
2. On the night of the first attack on their
village , who save John? What do they see
the following morning?
3. Describe some of John’s injuries and how he
got them.
4. Why do they avoid watering holes on their
journey into Ethiopia?
5. How do they hide when a group of Arab
soldiers appears away from the riverbank ?

1. When fighting breaks out in Juba,where does
Martha’s family go? What is their home like?
2. Who does Martha flee with when they were
attacked? Where are her parents?
3. What was Martha most afraid of while they hid
in the forest?
4. How did they get water once they left the forest
for the desert?
5. What does Martha say was the one good
outcome of the attack by the Merle tribe who
killed many of her people?
6. Which refugee camp do Martha and her sister
Tabitha go and why?

1. How many refugees “poured "into the
refugee camps in 1988? How did those
who did not make it to the camps die,
according to John? What happened to
the women and girls of Sudan?
2. How did those survived get their name
from UN workers? How many boys did
John have to be responsible for?

1. What caused Martha and the others to
get sick once they made it to Pinyudu?

1. Why did they make spoons out of scrap
metal?
2. Why did John destroy them?
3. Who sent them clothes and blankets?
4. How did they get cholera?
5. How many people died each day from
cholera?
6. What is tuktuk?
7. Why did a boy name himself
Ateermadang?

1. What did they call the women of their
mother’s age?
2. What was her chore?
3. Why did they stop swimming and playing
in the river?
4. Why did she choose the name Martha?
5. What did she hope every time new
people arrived in Pinyudu?

1. Why did they have to pack and leave so
suddenly?
Chapter 9 Questions “ John”

1. What kept them awake on their journey
at night?
2. Why didn’t Tabitha remember the long
walk to Ethiopia?
3. How were they able to get on the boats
sooner?

1. Why did they have to jump into the river
to swim for safety?
2. Why didn’t the Ethiopians follow them
into the river?
3. How many Sudanese died in the attempt
to get across?

1. What scared them more than guns?

1. How did the man get the Mkono Moja?
2. Why couldn’t he go back to his village?
3. Why did they travel so slowly to
Pochala?
Chapter 13 Questions John

1. How did the man get the Mkono Moja?
2. Why couldn’t he go back to his village?
3. Why did they travel so slowly to
Pochala?
Chapter 14 Questions Martha

1. Other than food, what else did the UN
provide?
2. How did they stay safe from the bomber
planes?
3. Based on the fact that it was unsafe
there, what decision did they make?
Chapter 15 Questions John

1. During their migration ,how were some
of the tribes very different than what she
was used to?
2. How did the tribe trick them?
Chapter 16 Questions Martha

1. What did they do as they marched?
2. Why did they have to stop?
3. What happened to help them keep
moving?
4. Who attacked them? Why?
5. Who scared them away?

1. How did they get a ride?

1. Why didn’t they stay in Lokichokio long?
2. Who took them to Kakuma?
3. Why were they happy to be in Kakuma?

1. What could the trees not protect them
from and why was that a problem?
2. How were they grouped?
3. Who came to stay with them?
4. What new food did she try and like?
5. Why did she have to wake up very early?

1. What is the Dinka ritual of initiation?
2. Why did John not get to participate?
3. What did they buy with the money made
from selling rations?
4. What time did they decide to eat each day?
5. Why did some people pretend to be sick?
6. What did they do at night?
7. What grade was he at age eighteen when he
started school?
8. What did seeing the girls at the dances
make him think about?

1. What did they have to do before going to
school?
2. Why did they not go to school often?
3. Why did she begin to value education?
4. Where did she meet John?

1. When did he first see Martha?
2. Why did he think she was courageous?
3. What did she say when he asked to talk
to her?
4. What did it take for her to say they could
be boyfriend and girlfriend?
Chapter TWENTY-THREE "John"

1. How did they date?
2. Who wanted to marry her other than
John?
3. How did she feel about marriage?
4. Was she interested in going to America?
5. What did they learn about America in
the cultural education class?
Chapter TWENTY-FOUR "Martha"

1. According to an interviewer, why did
some refugees have better mental
health than others?
2. How many days would the US
government pay for his living expenses?
3. What did the teacher have him feel in
order to be prepared for the weather in
America?
Chapter TWENTY-FIVE "John"

1. What did she tell her foster parents so
she could leave for America?
2. Why did they feel lost in the foster
parents' house?
3. Did she make a lot of friends at school?
4. Why was it hard for her to understand
English?
5. What occupation did Martha choose?
6. How did she reconnect with John?
Chapter TWENTY-SIX "Martha"

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