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A long walk to water

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