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A long walk to water

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  • What is a tamarind?
    a sour juicy fruit
    a small antelope
    a type of bread
    a type of bat
  • What was Salva worried about if he arrived in Ethiopia?
    how he would see his family again
    about living in a refugee camp
    about being forces to be a solider
    where he could get food from
  • How many days did uncle say it would take to cross the Akobo desert?
    one
    three
    four
    two
  • What seemed relentless and eternal to salva as he walked through the desert?
    each hour
    each breath
    the first day
    the sun
  • What gave salvas a tiny spark of hope?
    salva had found uncle so he might find his family
    Salva saw a flower growing
    salva would be able to go to school in the refugee camp
    uncle would ask about salvas village and parents back in sud
  • What did uncle say he would do once he brough Salva to a refugee camp?
    go back to salvas village
    return to fight in sudan
    pay for salvas schooling
    Stay with salva
  • What stood no chance against the desert?
    Salvas shoes
    the acacia trees
    the travelers
    Salvas bare feet
  • What did the nine people that salvas group encountered first look like?
    walking sticks
    Shimmering waves
    moving rocks
    a pack of animals
  • What did nya like about her familys lake camp?
    She didnt have to walk twice a day to get water
    she could go to school
    She like to go swimming
    she could get together with all of her friends
  • Why did all of the people who are the antelope meat start vomiting?
    the meat had gone bad
    the meat had been poisoned
    they drank bad water with the meat
    their starved stomachs couldnt handle it
  • Why had salva not seen his uncle for two uears?
    he lived far away in ethiopia
    he was in the army
    he had been in prison
    he was going to school
  • What was the first sign that they were finally leaving the desert?
    clouds in the sky
    a large clear lake
    A small pond of muddy water
    a sudden rainstorm
  • What did salvas uncle shoot with his gun?
    a antelope
    a lion
    a nuer
    a bull
  • What did the two men in their jeep want to talk about with the villages chief?
    guns
    Water
    food
    money
  • Why did Salvas uncle wake him up?
    they were sneaking off alone.
    marial was missing
    it was time to look for water
    to protect the camp from lions
  • What did the people in Nyas village normally do between the two big trees?
    play games
    eat meals
    farm
    gather around a fire
  • What was wrong with the nine people that the group found?
    they were diseased
    they were rebels
    they were thieves
    they were dying
  • Who did salva see one morning?
    his father
    his brother
    his aunt
    his uncle
  • What did the stranger say could be found between the two trees?
    Water
    gold
    oil
    good soil
  • What happened to the men who were given water?
    they revived and joined the group
    they died
    they vomited
    they vomited and died
  • After a long 10 hour walk looking for watering holes, what did salva do?
    find a muddy watering hole
    fell asleep
    drink poison water
    volunteered to go look some more
  • Which is Not one of the reasons that Nyas mother hated the lake camp?
    the fear of fights with the Dinka
    they had to dig for water
    they had no house and few things there
    she preferred the seashore
  • What animals did salva see in the land of the atuot?
    giraffes
    cattle
    elephants
    lions
  • What did uncle caution salva to do?
    keep up with the other travelers
    make his water last a long time
    wear his shoes
    pray for rain
  • Who gave water to the men on the ground?
    salva
    three women
    no one
    uncle jewiir
  • What did Salvas uncle have in his possession that made him look like a leader?
    A gun
    a book
    a pipe
    a sword
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