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A long Walk to water Chapters 3-4

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