A Long Walk to Water

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

• leading the family cattle to the watering hole.

• sitting in school, thinking about being home.

• looking for his little brother who hadn't come home from lunch

• gathering firewood so that his mother could cook dinner

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

• the man's wife was confused and thought Salva was her deceased child.

• the woman had offered water to the man in exchange for helping Salva

• the man knew Salva's father and wanted to help his son

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

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When Marial vanished in the night, Salva was sure that his friend had

• run away to join the rebels and become a soldier

• died of fever and been buried by some of the men

• found his own family and gone to join them

• been taken away by a lion while he lay sleeping

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

• catching fish in the river and helping the women clean the fish before cooking

• keeping watch for soldiers while the men carried the women across the river

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

• mending the fishing nets to pay the fishermen for carrying him across the river

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How did Uncle encourage Salva when the day in the desert became too much?

• by taking about a beautiful lake that was just over the next hill

• by telling Salva to walk a little farther and then a little bit farther

• by singing a walking song that Salva had known all his life

• by letting Salva rest a little while before they walked on

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What did the Nuer men do after they tied Uncle to a tree?

• They took the people to a prison camp and left Uncle behind.

• They broke Uncle's legs so he couldn't walk and then cut him loose.

• They brought soldiers to arrest Uncle and then collected a reward.

• They looted from the group and then mudered Uncle by shooting him.

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What happened after Salva had been in Ethiopian camp for six years?

• Salva was reunited with his younger brother, who had also survived the war.

• Rebels forced the men and boys to leave with them and fight for the cause.

• Soldiers ordered the people to leave and then chased them toward the river.

• Word arrived at the camp that Salva was to join his family in Uganda.

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When preparing to go to America, Salva had one clear moment when he was--

• asked if he would rather return to his village.

• afraid of being left behind because he couldn't read or write English

• offered some textbooks so he could be prepared to attend school.

• given a pile of new clothes to wear all at the same time.

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In an email from a cousin, Salva learned that his father had--

• arrived in America and was just two hundred miles away from his son.

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

• 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.

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

• He once had the sickness that came from the water.

• He had drilled many wells for his own people.

• He had helped Dep survive the walk frm the Ethiopian camp.

• He had become rich playing basketball in America.

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