A Long Walk to Water

What is a problem in A Long Walk to Water that is being solved by Salva today?

• the lack of clean water

• war

• the long walks to the desert

• hunger

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Where is the main setting of ALWTW

• Ethiopia

• Southern Sudan

• Rochester New York

• Kenya

Where is Salva when he begins hearing bombs going off?

• church

• walking to school

• sitting in school daydreaming

• walking to get water

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

In chapter 12 Nya says she sees a “red giraffe”. What is the “red giraffe”?

• A drill for oil

• a drill for water

• a water tower

• an oil tower

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

How long was Salva running from the war?

• 3 years

• 6 years

• 11 years

• 22 years

How did Uncle die?

• crocodile ate him

• lions ate him

• starved to death

• shot by rebels

What did uncle teach Salva?

• how to hide from enemy forces

• how to walk across the desert without getting thorns

• how to keep going during rough times

• how to help feed other people

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CCSS.RL.6.3

What did you have to do to be able to be chosen to go into America?

• put your name on a list

• tell the aid workers you wanted to leave, ask for an interview, get on plane

• be an orphan, be chosen, go through a medical physical, have an interview

• be in a family, be chose, go through a medical physical, have an interview

Infer why people in America would want to take in orphans from Sudan.

• to help save them

• to help receive more money

• to look good to others

• to get a free trip to Sudan

What were they building close to Nya's house?

• a church

• a water tower

• a new house

• a school

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1