A Long Walk to Water

Front

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

Back

sitting in school and thinking about being at home

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Front

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

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Front

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

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Front

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

Back

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Front

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

Back

He had drilled many wells for his own people.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Front

What is the name of the female, main character in the story? Options: Akeer, Salva, Nya, Mariel

Back

Nya

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Front

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

Back

Salva Dut Ariik

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Front

What country are both Nya and Salva from? Options: Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Northern Sudan, Kenya

Back

Southern Sudan

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What was the name of the village Salva was from? Options: Loun-Ariik, Dinka, Louin-Akeer, Nuer

Back

Loun-Ariik

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

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

Back

Rebel (Noun)

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4