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  • Why did Nyas family move to a big lake, a three days walk from their village, every year?
    to avoid the mosquitoes
    the rain dried stopped and the pond dried up
    it was a good place to a vacation
    to stay together with their relatives
  • What language did Salva speak at home?
    Dinka
    English
    French
    Arabic
  • What two things did the old woman give to salva
    a bag of peanuts and a drinking gourd
    a knife and a bag of peanuts
    A knife and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a bag of fruit
  • What did Nya drink with her hollowed out gourd ?
    coffee
    clear fresh water
    tea
    muddy water
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Kenya
    Northern sudan
    Ethiopia
    his village
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Kenya
    Ethiopia
    Northern sudan
    his village
  • The land of the Atuot was known for which animal?
    the baboon
    The lion
    the hyena
    the crocodile
  • Salvas story takes place in
    1985
    1997
    2008
    2024
  • 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 was too slow
    she preferred to travel alone
  • What thought remained in salvas head?
    how can I join the rebels
    when can I eat
    where is my village
    Where is my family
  • 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
  • Why did Slava,Buksa,and Buksa's friend look like they had been in a fight?
    they had fought over food
    They had been stung by angry bees
    they had been up all night
    they had encountered some nuer fighters
  • What did the old woman give Salva to eat?
    Fruit
    raw peanuts
    raw milk
    honey
  • How were all the people grouped together at night
    by their age
    into groups of men and women
    By their village
    by how much money they had
  • Why did the villagers walk in the opposite direction of the rebels?
    to go in search of food
    to go back to their village
    the rebels would be near the fighting
    it was an escape plan
  • Nyas story takes place in what year?
    2024
    2008
    2000
    1985
  • What did Buska listen for?
    GUNFIRE
    a beehive
    bombs
    a bird
  • A long walk to water is a book about an 11 year old boy names what?
    Ring
    Salva
    Koul
    Ariki
  • How did Salva first meet mariel?
    he met him at meal time
    he stepped on his hand
    he met him in the woods
    he picked him up after he tripped
  • what tribe did Nyas family belong to?
    Jur-chol
    Nuer
    Nubian
    Dinka
  • Who were the rebels fighting against
    a foreign country
    the villagers
    the goverment
    the south
  • What did salva and the other boys make out of clay
    horses
    cars
    pigs
    cows
  • 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
  • What did the v-shaped ritual scars on a persons forhead mean?
    they were rebels
    they were nuer
    they were warriors
    they were Dinka
  • 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
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old boy named what?
    koul
    ariki
    Salva
    ring
  • What did Salva feel as a deep buzzing pain in every part of him?
    the thorn
    a blister
    his thirst
    his hunger
  • What language did Salva learn in school
    English
    Dinka
    Arabic
    French
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Kenya
    Northern sudan
    Ethiopia
    his village
  • Which is not a reason that the men did not want Salva to join their group?
    he was a Nuer
    he was too young to help
    he would eat their food
    he would slow them down
  • What dud Nya do that took her half the moring
    do her chores and homework
    carry a full container of water
    carry an empty containter of water
    walk to school
  • Who was Buska?
    a Jur-chol boy who Salva walked with
    The leader of the rebels
    The leader of the walking people a boy who died
  • How did Buksa and the other men from his tribe get the honey from the beehive?
    they pounded the hive with sticks
    they smoked them out
    they scooped their hands in and pulled it out
    they lit the hive on fire
  • 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
  • Who or what is Loun Ariik
    salvas father
    salvas real name
    salvas teacher
    salvas village
  • Why did Buska keep stopping
    to pray
    he was tired
    to listen
    to cry
  • What did nya step on while walking with her container
    a snake
    a nail
    a thorn
    broken glass
  • Why did Salva try to join the men?
    To act like a man and be a good example
    to prove himself as he came from a poor family
    to show he was better than his younger brother
    he didnt want to be with women and children
  • After Nya returned with the container of water, what did she not do?
    she had to watch and train her 5 year old sister
    She got to relax and play with her sister
    she had to walk and get more water
    she had a bowl of sorghum meal and milk
  • Why did the people in the south of sudan fight against the goverment in the north?
    less taxes
    religious freedom
    high wages
    to save the cattle
  • What did salva notice when he woke up in the barn?
    He had been left behind and alone
    the rebels had taken all the food
    the rebels had kidnapped all the children
    only the people from his village waited for him
  • Why did the old woman say that she was leaving>
    to go back to her village
    to find her family
    The soldiers were getting closer
    the pond was drying up
  • Where did the teacher tell the students to run?
    into the bush
    to the church
    home
    back to the village
  • Why had the Dinka and Nuer people been fighting for hundreds of years?
    over the oil found under the land
    over who owned the farmlands
    over cattle
    over the land richest in water
  • What did the honey guide bird lead them to
    eggs to eat
    a beehive with honey
    A pond
    a flock of birds to eat
  • What did the rebels force the men from the village to do?
    to lead them back to their villages
    to give them their money and supplies
    to carry their heavy supplies
    to give them their money and supplies
  • What made the loud booming sound?
    dynamite
    machine gunfire
    A plane dropping a bomb
    a plane crashing
  • How was the water in the lake described during the dry season when Nya and her family relied on it?
    Clean and refreshing
    Salty tasting
    Filthy-more mud than liquid
    Sulfuric-like eggs
  • What do young girls in sudan do?
    go to school
    take care of the cattle
    learn to keep house
    plant the crops
  • Why did the family choose not to live by the lake all year long?
    because the Dinka and Nuer fough over the land
    because of flooding
    they preferred the seashore
    because of wild animals
  • Why was Salva alowed to join the group
    he would be a good fighter
    he paid a fee
    the old woman them to let him join
    he was dinka
  • What did the "smudge on the horizon" that Nya saw turn out to be?
    A ocean
    A tree
    A pond
    A village
  • What sound stopped salva from his daydreams in school?
    airplane
    the teacher yelling
    car backfiring
    gunfire
  • Which of these things did not bother Nya on her walk?
    Soldiers
    time
    heat
    thorns
  • they made these as they were a symbol of what
    wealth
    freedom
    religion
    war
  • What do young Dinka boys learn to do?
    learn to be soldiers
    plant crops
    herd cattle
    fetch water
  • Why did one DInka man not enjoy the feast of honey?
    he slept through the meal
    he slept through the meal
    he was allergic to bees
    He had been stung on his tongue
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old girl named what?
    sid
    charlie
    Nya
    salva
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