ALWTW CH 1-5

In Chapter 4, Nya is instructed to teach her sister Akeer how to:

• raise and care for cows

• braid hair

• weave baskets

• carry water from the pond

Choose multiple answers: Salva and his brothers enjoy two hobbies while watching their father's cattle. What are the two hobbies?

• swimming in the river

• making clay cows

• shooting and roasting small animals / birds

• hugging cows

• gathering wood

Why don't Salva's sisters, Akit and Agnath, go to school?

• They are girls.
• They are too young.
• They do not want to go.
• They have to herd cows. 

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

Buksa finds the beehive by...

• listening for the sound of the bees buzzing
• following the call of a bird called "the honey guide"
• seeing a swarm of bees near a tree
• looking for a certain type of tree

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What tribe is Nya from?

• Nuer
• Dinka
• Ninka
• Duer

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Which of the following is a challenge that Nya does NOT face?

• She must walk a very long way to get water.

• She must survive living through the Sudanese Civil War.

• She must wait hours to retrieve water during the dry season.

• She must endure a challenging environment on a daily basis.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is a challenge that Salva does NOT face?

• He must learn how to retrieve water from the lake during the dry season.

• He must be brave when he loses his family during the Sudanese Civil War.

• He must learn how to find resources such as food and water while traveling across the country.

• He must flee his home and all he has ever known.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In chapter 5, Salva and his group have been walking for __________.

• about 1 week

• about 1 year

• about 1 month

• about 3 months

At the end of Chapter 5, Salva hears a man's voice call him. Who is the person behind the voice?

• His father

• His brother

• The chapter does not say.

• Marial

In Chapter 4, what did the woman give Salva before saying good-bye?

• Peanuts and water

• Fruit and milk

• A gun

• A knife