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A long walk to water

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