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A long Walk to water Chapters 3-4

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  • Which is not a reason that Salva was left behind
    he might slow them down
    he was a child
    no one wanted to wake him up
    he might cause trouble
  • What did Salva feel as a deep buzzing pain in every part of him?
    his thirst
    a blister
    the thorn
    his hunger
  • After Nya returned with the container of water, what did she not do?
    she had a bowl of sorghum meal and milk
    She got to relax and play with her sister
    she had to walk and get more water
    she had to watch and train her 5 year old sister
  • Why did Nya have a cloth dougnut
    to sit on when resting
    to place around the top of her container
    to steady and hold the container of water on her head
    She would drench it in water to help her keep cool
  • What did Buska listen for?
    a bird
    a beehive
    bombs
    GUNFIRE
  • What thought remained in salvas head?
    how can I join the rebels
    when can I eat
    where is my village
    Where is my family
  • What did the v-shaped ritual scars on a persons forhead mean?
    they were Dinka
    they were warriors
    they were nuer
    they were rebels
  • What did Nya drink with her hollowed out gourd ?
    muddy water
    coffee
    tea
    clear fresh water
  • What two things did the old woman give to salva
    a bag of peanuts and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a bag of fruit
    a knife and a bag of peanuts
  • What advice did the old woman give to Salva?
    walk during the night
    go back to your village
    Walk away from the fighting
    rejoin the people who left you behind
  • Why did Buska keep stopping
    he was tired
    to pray
    to listen
    to cry
  • Why was Salva alowed to join the group
    the old woman them to let him join
    he would be a good fighter
    he paid a fee
    he was dinka
  • Why had the Dinka and Nuer people been fighting for hundreds of years?
    over the land richest in water
    over who owned the farmlands
    over the oil found under the land
    over cattle
  • What did the honey guide bird lead them to?
    eggs to eat
    a flock of birds to eat
    A pond
    a beehive with honey
  • Why did the old woman say that she was leaving>
    the pond was drying up
    to go back to her village
    to find her family
    The soldiers were getting closer
  • What did the "smudge on the horizon" that Nya saw turn out to be?
    A pond
    A ocean
    A tree
    A village
  • Who was Buska?
    a Jur-chol boy who Salva walked with
    a boy who died
    The leader of the rebels
    The leader of the walking people
  • Which is not a reason that the men did not want Salva to join their group?
    he would eat their food
    he was a Nuer
    he would slow them down
    he was too young to help
  • What did the old woman give Salva to eat?
    honey
    Fruit
    raw peanuts
    raw milk
  • Why did the old woman say that Salva could not go with her?
    she had no food for him
    She was too slow
    she preferred to travel alone
    it would be dangerous for him
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