A Long Walk to Water

How old is Nya?

• 11
• 10
• 12
• 9

Where is Salva when his story begins?

• school
• cafeteria
• home
• hospital

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is Salva's tribe called?

• Dinka
• Nuer
• Cattle
• Family

How old is Salva?

• 11
• 10
• 9
• 12

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What happens that interrupts Salva's day at school?

• gunfire
• stampede
• police
• end of the school day

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CCSS.RL.7.1

How did Nya remove the thorn?

• She picked it out with her fingers.

• She used a hairpin to pick it out.

• She used another thorn to pick it out.

• She didn't get it out.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

When the soldiers ordered the villagers to separate, Salva tried to join the _______.

• men

• women

• children

• soldiers

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

People from the entire area around the school escaped the fighting along with Salva. The men finally decided that they should group themselves by _____.

• families

• tribes

• villages

• religious groups

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.9A

Salva spent a restless night with the others in his group in a barn. He awoke with the feeling that something was wrong. When he finally opened his eyes, he realized that _______.

• the rebel soldiers had stormed into the barn.

• the others had left him alone in the barn.

• rain was flooding the barn.

• a large, poisonous snake was in the hay beside him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

How does Nya carry the water home?

• in a bucket

• in a container on her head

• in a barrel

• in bottles, two at a time

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1