English 7th grade

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Defiant

open resistance, bold disobedience

Skiff

Small boat or Raft

In **TSB** where is Cole being taken and why?

Cole is being taken away to a deserted island because he smashed a boy named Peter's head into the sidewalk.

In **TSB** what are Garvey’s and Edwin’s roles?

Garvey and Edwin’s roles are to watch over Cole and teach him life lessons and how to get better.

**TSB-** Who is Peter Driscal? What happened to him?

 Peter Driscal is a boy who snitched on Cole for stealing something. Since Cole found out about his snitching, he slammed his face into the ground and beat him up.

**TSB**- Why did Cole hate his mom and dad? Provide examples

 Cole hated his mom and dad because his dad had beat him and his mom never stood up for him when this happened.

**TSB**- What is circle justice?

Circle Justice was a service that provided kids a second chance to fix what they had done wrong instead of just sending the juvenile into jail.

**TSB**- what is the at’oow?

The at’oow is a soft traditional blanket that Garvey had given to Cole. You give the at’oow to someone else to show trust between the two.

Four mistakes/stupid things Cole does in **TSB**

Cole smashes Peters head into the sidewalk, Cole burns down the cabin that he is provided, Cole tries to swim away from the island, Cole defies the bear and gets into a fight with him.

What causes Cole’s bad behavior?

Cole’s dad had been a bad example by beating Cole his entire life so in result, Cole reflects that on his life.

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* **Milkweed-** Who is stopthief?

Misha Pilsudski.

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* **Milkweed-** What does Buffo smell like?

Mint

**Milkweed-** What does stopthief call the Nazi’s?

Jackboots

**Milkweed-** How does Buffo kill children?

Suffocating them in his great belly

**Milkweed-** Who is Greta?

Greta is Misha’s imaginary speckled horse.

**Milkweed-** Who finds and helps Misha on the train tracks?

A farmer

**Milkweed-** Misha’s favorite candy

Chocolate hazelnut with a buttercream center

**Milkweed-** Misha’s favorite candy

Chocolate hazelnut with a buttercream center

**Milkweed-** Who does Misha bring coal and food to?

Dr. Korczac and the orphans.

**Milkweed-** Who does Misha see while walking to the ghetto?

Dr. Korczac and the orphans, and Janina and her family.

**Milkweed-** Who were the flops?

The flops were jews that were recruited to work for the jackboots. The flops were not allowed to carry a weapon.

**Milkweed-** What animal do the people in the ghetto keep imagining they see?

A cow

**Milkweed-** How does Misha describe the ghetto?

Misha describes the ghetto as gray and uncolorful.

**Milkweed-** What happens one night when Janina and Misha are stealing food from a house?

They are caught by the Nazi’s.

**Milkweed-** What does Misha think when he sees a flame thrower blowing fire into the sewer?

Misha thinks that the boys that sneak out through the sewers are being burnt to a crisp.

**Milkweed-** What does Misha call the area outside of the ghetto?

Janina calls it heaven.

**Milkweed-** Why were Janina and Misha so disturbed when they found Olek’s body hanging from a streetlight?

They knew it was a warning to the smugglers saying this is what happens when you smuggle.

**Milkweed-** What did Mr. Milgrom tell Misha when the deportations started?

Mr. Milgrom told Misha to run away with Janina and keep her safe and away from everything going on in the ghetto.

**Milkweed-** What does the milkweed plant growing in the ghetto represent?

It represents hope for the people in the ghetto.

**Milkweed-** Uri warned Misha to

Run away from the ghetto and never ever come back and stay hidden.

**Milkweed-** What did Misha tell his daughter to use as a middle name for his granddaughter?

Janina

**Milkweed-** When the war was over, who did Misha see wandering around the street?

Uri

**Milkweed-** What did Uri give Misha after he had been shot?

Uri had given Misha a rope around his wrists as a leash to keep him from running off.

**Milkweed-** How does Misha react when he sees the Jackboots for the first time?

Misha stands in awe of the Jackboots.

**Milkweed-** Misha can identify which people are jews because…

The jews have dark hair, dark skin, and dark eyes. They also have their blue and white band.

**Milkweed-** What animal did people try to sell as a “squirrel”

Rat

**Milkweed-** What does Janina’s father do for a living?

He is a medicine man and he heals people by giving them medicine.

**Milkweed-** When does Herr Himmler visit the ghetto, why does Misha lose respect for the Jackboots?

Misha loses his respect for the Jackboots because he thinks they look like chickens and uncle Shepsel.

**Milkweed-** Why does Misha sneak out of the ghetto every night?

Misha sneaks out of the ghetto every night because he gets food for the orphans and his family.

**Milkweed-** Where does Janina get caught by the Jackboots?

Janina gets caught by the jackboots at Stawki station.

**Milkweed-** What does Misha wear?

A yellow gemstone around his neck.

**Milkweed-** How does friendship and family intersect in the novel? How does Misha maintain a balance? Include details.

Misha makes friends with the boys and for a time, he is their family. Then Janina and her family came along and welcomed Misha firstly as a friend, but then as a family member. When Misha becomes their family, he becomes just good friends with the boys and even better friends with Janina. To the point where they are siblings.

**Define** Solemn

Marked by full religious ceremony.

**Define** Monotonous

dull, tedious, and repetitious; lacking in variety and interest.

**Define** Generation

all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.

**Define** Perseverance

continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition

**Define** Abundance

a very large quantity of something

**ALWTW-** How old is Salva at the beginning of the novel?

11

**ALWTW-** What tribe is Salva from?

Dinka

**ALWTW-** How old is Nya?

11

**ALWTW-** Where is Salva when the fighting near his village begins?

He is at school.

**ALWTW-** Salva cannot return to his village, so where does he spend his first night away from home?

The womens side.

**ALWTW-** What is Nya’s job?

To walk to their source of water and retrieve the water.

**ALWTW-** Why does Nya’s sister, Akeer, get sick?

A water-borne illness.

**ALWTW-** Salva is reunited with his uncle. What item does his uncle have that makes him valuable to the group?

A gun

**ALWTW-** What happens to Salva’s uncle?

He is killed by the Nour and is stripped of his possessions.

**ALWTW-** Who comes to Nya’s village?

Another tribe leader and two men.

**ALWTW-** What country does Salva have the opportunity to go to?

The United States.

**ALWTW-** What did Salva study when he went to college?

Business

**ALWTW-** Who does Salva find at a United Nations clinic?

His father.

**ALWTW-** Who is the man leading the drill for water in Nya’s village?

Salva.

**ALWTW-** Why was there a civil war in Sudan? Explain.

The Muslim government in Northern Sudan was conflicting with the non-Muslim "rebels" in the south

**ALWTW-** How was Salva able to overcome the many challenges he faced? Explain.

In hope that his family is still alive. When he doesn’t know whether his family survives, Salva, uses this to help him persevere through.

**ALWTW-** Salva stops before leaving the airport because he realizes he is leaving his old life behind. Why does he have this realization? Explain.

He is having this realization because he is thinking about where he is coming from and where he is going.

**ALWTW-** What is the theme of the story? How does the author communicate the theme?

The theme of the story is hope. The author communicates this theme through showing moments of hope, like when Salva finds his uncle, or when he finds out his parents are safe.

**ALWTW-** What have you learned about Sudan and other countries? What do people's lives look like in a third-world country?

In third-world countries, many people have to fight for their lives and many, like Nya, can’t go to school.

**ALWTW-** How do the parallel plots connect at the end of the novel?

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