ALWTW Chapter 4-6

What did Buksa and Salva find in chapter 4?

• Honey

• water

• birds

What did Nya eat when she got home from getting water?

• fruit

• sorghum meal

• meat

• oatmeal

Why is the new group of villagers reluctant to take Salva with them in Chapter 4?

• He is young and they don't want him to complain and be a burden.

• They are unsure if he would be helpful to them and he is very mean.

• He's a Dinka.

Why did the author include the story about the beehive in Chapter 5?

• To entertain the reader.

• To instruct the reader.

• To show the desperate need for food among the people traveling.

How do Nya's and her mother's point of view differ in the act of taking the sister along to find water?

• Nya feels her sister will learn a lot from the trip and her mother feels that she is not ready for the journey.
• Nya feels Akeer will slow her down and her mother believes that she needs to learn the job.

Where are Salva, Mariel, and the others walking?

• West to Chad

• East to Ethiopia

• West to Libya

They hunted a Topi, a kind of __________.

• cattle

• wildebeest

• antelope

• monkey

Which sentence from the text tells us that Marial is not from Salva's village?

• "The boy spoke Dinka but with a different accent." 
• "He had managed to save one last piece of honeycomb..."
• "After a moment's silence, he turned away..."

What happened to Salva and the other people after eating the topi (antelope) after so many weeks of near starvation?

• He got very ill

• He was not full

• He wanted more of something else to eat

What does the colored word mean in the following sentence from the book? "it was worth it, Salva thought as he touched his eye gingerly."

• harsh

• careful or cautious

• aggressively