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A long Walk to Water Chapter 1-2

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  • What language did salva learn in school?
    French
    Arabic
    English
    Dinka
  • What sound stopped salva from his daydreams in school?
    an airplane
    gunfire
    the teacher yelling
    car backfiring
  • What did salva notice when he woke up in the barn?
    only the people from his village waited for him
    He had been left behind and alone
    the rebels had kidnapped all the children
    the rebels had taken all the food
  • Who were the rebels fighting against?
    the south
    the villagers
    The goverment
    a foreign country
  • What made the loud booming sound?
    dynamite
    a plan dropping a bomb
    a plane crashing
    machine gun fire
  • What do young girls in sudan do?
    go to school
    learn to keep house
    take care of the cattle
    plant the crops
  • How were all the people grouped together at night
    by how much money they had
    by their age
    by their village
    into groups of men and women
  • What did Nya step on while walking with her containter
    a thorn
    a nail
    broken glass
    a snake
  • Why did a soldier point a gun at salvas head?
    he was caught stealing food.
    to send him back with the women and the children
    to force him to join the older boys and men
    he was caught trying to escape
  • Why did the people in the south of Sudan fight against the government in the north?
    to save the cattle
    high wages
    less taxes
    Relgious freedom
  • What do young Dinka boys learn to do?
    Learn to be soldiers
    Fetch Water
    Herd cattle
    Plant crops
  • Why did the villagers walk in the opposite direction of the rebels?
    to go back to their village
    the rebels would be near the fighting
    to go in search of food
    it was an escape plan
  • Where did the teacher tell the students to run?
    to the church
    into the bush
    back to the village
    home
  • Nyas story takes place in what year?
    1985
    2000
    2024
    2008
  • Who or what is Loun-Ariik
    Salvas father
    Salvas teacher
    Salvas village
    Salvas real name
  • What did the rebels force the men from the village to do?
    to give them thier money and supplies
    to sign up for the goverments army
    to lead them back to their villages
    to carry their heavy supplies
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One Story is about an 11 year old girl named what?
    Salva
    Sid
    Nya
    Charlie
  • Which of these things did no bother Nya on her walk?
    thorns
    heat
    soldiers
    time
  • What did Nya do that took half of her morning?
    do her chores and homework
    carry a full container of water
    Carry an empty container of water
    Walk to school
  • What language did salva speak when at home?
    English
    French
    Arabic
    Dinka
  • Salvas Story takes place in
    2024
    1997
    1985
    2008
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One Story is about an 11 year old boy named what?
    Ring
    Koul
    Salva
    Ariki
  • What did salva and the other boys make out of clay
    Horses
    Cows
    Cars
    Pigs
  • Why did Salva try to join the men?
    to show he was better than his younger brother
    to prove himself as he came from a poor family
    to act like a man and be a good example
    he didnt want to be with women and children
  • They made these as they were a symbol of what
    Religion
    Freedom
    War
    Wealth