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