Lost Boy, Lost Girl

Chapter 1 Questions “John”

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 2 Questions “Martha”

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 3 Questions “John”

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 ?

Chapter 4 Questions “Martha”

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?

Chapter 5 Questions “John”

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?

Chapter 6 Questions “Martha”

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

Chapter 7 Questions “John”

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?

Chapter 8 Questions “Martha”

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?

Chapter 9 Questions “ John”

1. Why did they have to pack and leave so suddenly?

Chapter 10 Questions “Martha”

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?

Chapter 11 Questions “John”

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?

Chapter 12 Questions “Martha”

1. What scared them more than guns?

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. 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 15 Questions John

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 16 Questions Martha

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 17 Questions “John”

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?

Chapter 18 Questions “Martha”

1. How did they get a ride?

Chapter 19 Questions “John”

1. Why didn’t they stay in Lokichokio long?

2. Who took them to Kakuma?

3. Why were they happy to be in Kakuma?

Chapter 20 Questions “Martha”

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?

Chapter 21 Questions “John”

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?

Chapter 22 Questions “Martha”

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?

Chapter TWENTY-THREE "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-FOUR "Martha"

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-FIVE "John"

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?

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"