A Long Walk to Water

What was Salva doing when he heard gunfire and ran into the bush?

• gathering firewood so his mother could cook supper

• looking for his little brother, who hadn't come home for lunch

• sitting in school and thinking about being at home

• leading the family cattle to the watering hole

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did the man agree to take Salva with his group when the old woman asked?

• The man's wife, who was confused, thought Salva was her deceased child.

• The people in the man's group were Dinka, as was Salva.

• The man knew Salva's father and wanted to help his son.

• The woman had offered water to the man in exchange for helping Salva.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Salva kept busy doing at the bank of the Nile?

• mending fishing nets to pay the fishermen for carrying him across the river

• keeping watch for soldiers while the men carried the women across the river

• gathering up cut stalks of papyrus grass and taking them to the boatbuilders

• catching fish in the river and helping the women clean them for cooking

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In an e-mail from a cousin, Salva learned that his father had _______.

• been found and was going to have stomach surgery at a remote clinic

• arrived in America and was just two hundred miles away from his son

• sold his cattle during the war and put the money in the bank for his son

• died with the rest of the family when the village was burned

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Dep tell Nya about the Dinka who brought water to their village?

• He had drilled many wells for his own people.

• He had become rich playing basketball in America.

• He once had the sickness that came from the water.

• He had helped Dep survive the walk from the Ethiopian camp.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the name of the female, main character in the story?

• Akeer
• Salva
• Nya
• Mariel

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is the name of the male, main character in the story?

• Salva Dut Ariik
• Salma Dut Ariik
• Salba Put Ariik
• Salva Put Ariik

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What country are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia 
• Southern Sudan
• Northern Sudan
• Kenya

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the name of the village Salva was from?

• Loun-Ariik
• Dinka
• Louin-Akeer
• Nuer

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.

• Rebel (Noun)

• Mortar

• Claim

• Independence

• Gourd

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4