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  • Why did a soldier point a gun at salvas head?
    to force him to join the older boys and men
    he was caught trying to escape
    he was caught stealing food.
    to send him back with the women and the children
  • Why did Salva try to join the men?
    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
    to show he was better than his younger brother
  • What advice did the old woman give to Salva?
    walk during the night
    go back to your village
    rejoin the people who left you behind
    Walk away from the fighting
  • Who were the rebels fighting against
    the goverment
    the villagers
    a foreign country
    the south
  • What did the old woman give Salva to eat?
    raw milk
    Fruit
    honey
    raw peanuts
  • What do young girls in sudan do?
    plant the crops
    learn to keep house
    take care of the cattle
    go to school
  • Why did the old woman say that Salva could not go with her?
    she had no food for him
    it would be dangerous for him
    she preferred to travel alone
    She was too slow
  • How did Buksa and the other men from his tribe get the honey from the beehive?
    they lit the hive on fire
    they pounded the hive with sticks
    they smoked them out
    they scooped their hands in and pulled it out
  • Nyas story takes place in what year?
    2000
    2008
    2024
    1985
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old boy named what?
    ariki
    ring
    Salva
    koul
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    his village
    Northern sudan
    Ethiopia
    Kenya
  • Why did Nya have a cloth dougnut
    to place around the top of her container
    to steady and hold the container of water on her head
    to sit on when resting
    She would drench it in water to help her keep cool
  • Who was Buska?
    a Jur-chol boy who Salva walked with
    The leader of the walking people a boy who died
    The leader of the rebels
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old girl named what?
    salva
    charlie
    Nya
    sid
  • Why did Buska keep stopping
    to cry
    he was tired
    to listen
    to pray
  • What did Buska listen for?
    a beehive
    a bird
    bombs
    GUNFIRE
  • What made the loud booming sound?
    dynamite
    a plane crashing
    A plane dropping a bomb
    machine gunfire
  • Why did Slava,Buksa,and Buksa's friend look like they had been in a fight?
    they had been up all night
    they had fought over food
    They had been stung by angry bees
    they had encountered some nuer fighters
  • What did the honey guide bird lead them to
    a beehive with honey
    eggs to eat
    A pond
    a flock of birds to eat
  • Salvas story takes place in
    2024
    1997
    1985
    2008
  • What dud Nya do that took her half the moring
    carry an empty containter of water
    do her chores and homework
    walk to school
    carry a full container of water
  • What did the "smudge on the horizon" that Nya saw turn out to be?
    A village
    A pond
    A tree
    A ocean
  • they made these as they were a symbol of what
    war
    freedom
    wealth
    religion
  • Why did the old woman say that she was leaving>
    to go back to her village
    The soldiers were getting closer
    to find her family
    the pond was drying up
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Kenya
    Ethiopia
    his village
    Northern sudan
  • What did salva and the other boys make out of clay
    cows
    pigs
    horses
    cars
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Kenya
    Northern sudan
    Ethiopia
    his village
  • How were all the people grouped together at night
    into groups of men and women
    by their age
    By their village
    by how much money they had
  • How did Salva first meet mariel?
    he stepped on his hand
    he met him at meal time
    he met him in the woods
    he picked him up after he tripped
  • Where did the teacher tell the students to run?
    to the church
    into the bush
    back to the village
    home
  • After Nya returned with the container of water, what did she not do?
    she had a bowl of sorghum meal and milk
    she had to walk and get more water
    she had to watch and train her 5 year old sister
    She got to relax and play with her sister
  • what tribe did Nyas family belong to?
    Dinka
    Nubian
    Jur-chol
    Nuer
  • What do young Dinka boys learn to do?
    herd cattle
    learn to be soldiers
    plant crops
    fetch water
  • A long walk to water is a book about an 11 year old boy names what?
    Ariki
    Ring
    Koul
    Salva
  • What did Salva feel as a deep buzzing pain in every part of him?
    his thirst
    the thorn
    his hunger
    a blister
  • Why had the Dinka and Nuer people been fighting for hundreds of years?
    over who owned the farmlands
    over the land richest in water
    over the oil found under the land
    over cattle
  • What language did Salva speak at home?
    Dinka
    French
    Arabic
    English
  • Which is not a reason that Salva was left behind
    he might slow them down
    he might cause trouble
    he was a child
    no one wanted to wake him up
  • Why was Salva alowed to join the group
    he paid a fee
    he would be a good fighter
    the old woman them to let him join
    he was dinka
  • What sound stopped salva from his daydreams in school?
    airplane
    gunfire
    car backfiring
    the teacher yelling
  • Who or what is Loun Ariik
    salvas village
    salvas father
    salvas teacher
    salvas real name
  • Why did the villagers walk in the opposite direction of the rebels?
    it was an escape plan
    to go in search of food
    the rebels would be near the fighting
    to go back to their village
  • Why did one DInka man not enjoy the feast of honey?
    he slept through the meal
    he was allergic to bees
    he slept through the meal
    He had been stung on his tongue
  • How was the water in the lake described during the dry season when Nya and her family relied on it?
    Sulfuric-like eggs
    Salty tasting
    Filthy-more mud than liquid
    Clean and refreshing
  • The land of the Atuot was known for which animal?
    the crocodile
    the hyena
    The lion
    the baboon
  • Why did Nyas family move to a big lake, a three days walk from their village, every year?
    to stay together with their relatives
    it was a good place to a vacation
    to avoid the mosquitoes
    the rain dried stopped and the pond dried up
  • What language did Salva learn in school
    French
    English
    Arabic
    Dinka
  • Which of these things did not bother Nya on her walk?
    thorns
    time
    heat
    Soldiers
  • What did Nya drink with her hollowed out gourd ?
    muddy water
    clear fresh water
    coffee
    tea
  • What two things did the old woman give to salva
    a knife and a bag of peanuts
    a bag of peanuts and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a bag of fruit
  • Why did the people in the south of sudan fight against the goverment in the north?
    less taxes
    high wages
    to save the cattle
    religious freedom
  • Which is not a reason that the men did not want Salva to join their group?
    he would eat their food
    he would slow them down
    he was a Nuer
    he was too young to help
  • What did the v-shaped ritual scars on a persons forhead mean?
    they were rebels
    they were nuer
    they were warriors
    they were Dinka
  • 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
  • What did the rebels force the men from the village to do?
    to carry their heavy supplies
    to lead them back to their villages
    to give them their money and supplies
    to give them their money and supplies
  • What did nya step on while walking with her container
    a snake
    a thorn
    broken glass
    a nail
  • Why did the family choose not to live by the lake all year long?
    because the Dinka and Nuer fough over the land
    they preferred the seashore
    because of flooding
    because of wild animals
  • What thought remained in salvas head?
    Where is my family
    when can I eat
    where is my village
    how can I join the rebels
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