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  • Why did Slava,Buksa,and Buksa's friend look like they had been in a fight?
    they had been up all night
    they had fought over food
    They had been stung by angry bees
    they had encountered some nuer fighters
  • Which is not a reason that Salva was left behind
    no one wanted to wake him up
    he was a child
    he might cause trouble
    he might slow them down
  • Why did Buska keep stopping
    to cry
    to listen
    to pray
    he was tired
  • What dud Nya do that took her half the moring
    carry an empty containter of water
    walk to school
    do her chores and homework
    carry a full container of water
  • What did the "smudge on the horizon" that Nya saw turn out to be?
    A ocean
    A village
    A tree
    A pond
  • Why did one DInka man not enjoy the feast of honey?
    he was allergic to bees
    he slept through the meal
    He had been stung on his tongue
    he slept through the meal
  • What language did Salva learn in school
    Dinka
    French
    Arabic
    English
  • What do young girls in sudan do?
    take care of the cattle
    plant the crops
    learn to keep house
    go to school
  • Why did the villagers walk in the opposite direction of the rebels?
    to go in search of food
    it was an escape plan
    the rebels would be near the fighting
    to go back to their village
  • How did Salva first meet Mariel?
    he stepped on his hand
    he met him in the woods
    he met him at meal time
    he picked him up after he tripped
  • What did Salva feel as a deep buzzing pain in every part of him?
    his thirst
    the thorn
    a blister
    his hunger
  • Why did the people in the south of sudan fight against the goverment in the north?
    less taxes
    to save the cattle
    religious freedom
    high wages
  • What made the loud booming sound?
    A plane dropping a bomb
    a plane crashing
    machine gunfire
    dynamite
  • 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
  • Why had the Dinka and Nuer people been fighting for hundreds of years?
    over the land richest in water
    over cattle
    over the oil found under the land
    over who owned the farmlands
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Northern sudan
    Kenya
    Ethiopia
    his village
  • After Nya returned with the container of water, what did she not do?
    she had to walk and get more water
    she had to watch and train her 5 year old sister
    She got to relax and play with her sister
    she had a bowl of sorghum meal and milk
  • What two things did the old woman give to salva
    a knife and a bag of peanuts
    a bag of peanuts and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a drinking gourd
    A knife and a bag of fruit
  • What do young Dinka boys learn to do?
    fetch water
    plant crops
    herd cattle
    learn to be soldiers
  • 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 give them their money and supplies
    to carry their heavy supplies
  • Which of these things did not bother Nya on her walk?
    Soldiers
    time
    thorns
    heat
  • Who or what is Loun Ariik
    salvas teacher
    salvas real name
    salvas father
    salvas village
  • Salvas story takes place in
    1985
    1997
    2024
    2008
  • What did Buska listen for?
    a bird
    a beehive
    GUNFIRE
    bombs
  • Why did Nyas family move to a big lake, a three days walk from their village, every year?
    to avoid the mosquitoes
    to stay together with their relatives
    the rain dried stopped and the pond dried up
    it was a good place to a vacation
  • How were all the people grouped together at night
    By their village
    by their age
    by how much money they had
    into groups of men and women
  • Why did the old woman say that Salva could not go with her?
    She was too slow
    it would be dangerous for him
    she had no food for him
    she preferred to travel alone
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    Northern sudan
    his village
    Kenya
    Ethiopia
  • Why did Salva try to join the men?
    to show he was better than his younger brother
    he didnt want to be with women and children
    to prove himself as he came from a poor family
    To act like a man and be a good example
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old girl named what?
    salva
    sid
    Nya
    charlie
  • Who were the rebels fighting against
    the goverment
    the villagers
    a foreign country
    the south
  • What thought remained in salvas head?
    where is my village
    when can I eat
    Where is my family
    how can I join the rebels
  • What did the honey guide bird lead them to
    a flock of birds to eat
    A pond
    a beehive with honey
    eggs to eat
  • A long walk to water is a book with two stories. One story is about an 11 year old boy named what?
    ariki
    koul
    Salva
    ring
  • Why did the old woman say that she was leaving?
    the pond was drying up
    The soldiers were getting closer
    to find her family
    to go back to her village
  • Why did the family choose not to live by the lake all year long?
    because of flooding
    because the Dinka and Nuer fough over the land
    they preferred the seashore
    because of wild animals
  • Why did Nya have a cloth dougnut
    to place around the top of her container
    to steady and hold the container of water on her head
    to sit on when resting
    She would drench it in water to help her keep cool
  • Where did the teacher tell the students to run?
    into the bush
    home
    to the church
    back to the village
  • What language did Salva speak at home?
    Arabic
    English
    Dinka
    French
  • Why did a soldier point a gun at salvas head?
    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
    he was caught stealing food.
  • What sound stopped Salva from his daydreams in school?
    the teacher yelling
    gunfire
    car backfiring
    airplane
  • Who was Buska?
    The leader of the rebels
    The leader of the walking people a boy who died
    a Jur-chol boy who Salva walked with
  • The land of the Atuot was known for which animal?
    the hyena
    the crocodile
    The lion
    the baboon
  • What did the v-shaped ritual scars on a persons forhead mean?
    they were warriors
    they were Dinka
    they were rebels
    they were nuer
  • How was the water in the lake described during the dry season when Nya and her family relied on it?
    Salty tasting
    Clean and refreshing
    Sulfuric-like eggs
    Filthy-more mud than liquid
  • Why was Salva alowed to join the group
    the old woman them to let him join
    he would be a good fighter
    he was dinka
    he paid a fee
  • Which is not a reason that the men did not want Salva to join their group?
    he was too young to help
    he would slow them down
    he was a Nuer
    he would eat their food
  • Nyas story takes place in what year?
    2024
    2000
    1985
    2008
  • What did Salva and the other boys make out of clay
    cars
    cows
    pigs
    horses
  • What did the old woman give Salva to eat?
    raw peanuts
    Fruit
    honey
    raw milk
  • How did Buksa and the other men from his tribe get the honey from the beehive?
    they lit the hive on fire
    they pounded the hive with sticks
    they scooped their hands in and pulled it out
    they smoked them out
  • A long walk to water is a book about an 11 year old boy names what?
    Ring
    Salva
    Ariki
    Koul
  • What did nya step on while walking with her container
    a thorn
    a nail
    a snake
    broken glass
  • What did salva notice when he woke up in the barn?
    the rebels had taken all the food
    the rebels had kidnapped all the children
    He had been left behind and alone
    only the people from his village waited for him
  • what tribe did Nyas family belong to?
    Nuer
    Jur-chol
    Dinka
    Nubian
  • Where did Mariel tell Salva that they were headed towards
    his village
    Kenya
    Northern sudan
    Ethiopia
  • What did Nya drink with her hollowed out gourd ?
    clear fresh water
    tea
    muddy water
    coffee
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