Long Walk to Water Chapter 15-16

Which piece of evidence from page 90 explains where the cleanest water is found?

• "Even though the water spraying out of the borehole was brown and muddy..."
• ".... to make sure of getting deep enough into good clean water underground."
• "Yet another walk to the pond."
• "Nya went to Quik Trip and found her way to the bottled water."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Salva was the leader of this group of people who wandered for weeks or months at a time before finding refugee camps. 

• Dinka
• The Lost Boys
• Loun-Ariik
• Nuer

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.7

"The frigid air hit Salva's face like a slap." (p. 95) This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor
• noun
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

All these were new to Salva in the U.S. EXCEPT FOR:

• seeing white people
• volleyball
• electricity
• snow

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What question did Salva think about alot, but never found an answer?

• What could he possibly do to help Sudan?
• What if my new family isn't there?
• What if I lose my new coat?
• What country does my cousin live in?

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

About how old was Salva when he learned his father was in the hospital?

• 11 years old
• 18 years old
• 23 years old
• 50 years old

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

in Chapter 16, Salva learns that his father is in a United Nations clinic and that he has had stomach surgery. Based on what you know about Sudan and what happens to Akeer, make an inference on what made his father sick. 

• The water in Sudan made him sick.
• He did not cook his meat enough.
• The bee stings
• A crocodile in the Gilo River

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1