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A long walk to water

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