A long walk to water CH 1-3

How old does the novel say that Salva is in Chapter 1?

• 10 years old

• 12 years old

• 11 years old

• 9 years old

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What happens while Salva is in school listening to the teacher drone on with the lesson?

• The teacher calls him out for sleeping

• He hears gunshots outside in the village

• His friend gets in trouble and sent to the village leader

• HIs father comes to collect him from school

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What happens to Nya on her walk in Chapter 2

• She encounters a lion

• She stops to talk to a friend

• She is ambushed by a soldier

• She gets a thorn stuck in the bottom of her foot.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

As Salva is forced to run into the wilderness, what thought keeps coming to his mind over and over again?

• He is wondering where his family is and if he will see them agian

• He is thinking that this is all a big mistake and they need to go back to school

• He is wondering how the teacher is doing back at the school

• He is thinking he left his books on the ground

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the purpose for Nya's walk each day?

• She is trying to get away from her family

• She is going to get food each day

• She is walking to the market to sell her family's goods

• She is walking to get water

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

Why did the group decide to leave Salva while he was sleeping?

• He was hurt and couldn't continue

• He was a child

• He begged for food too much

• He needed to be returned to his mother.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What tribe is Salva from

• Dinka

• Nuer

• Sudanese

• South Sudanese

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CCSS.RI.6.1

Why do the Dinka and the Nuer tribes have a long history of trouble/fighting?

• They have been fighting over the village leaders

• They fight over the land and water

• They speak different languages

• They have no feud with each other.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

Why does the old woman tell Salva that he can no longer stay with her?

• She is running out of food

• She has no water

• She knows that she will be safer by herself

• He is mean to her

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

At the end of Chapter 3, Salva is sitting in the barn by himself. What does he hear off in the distance?

• Lions roaring

• Dogs barking

• People's voices

• Gunshots

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CCSS.RL.6.1