A Long Walk to Water Chapter 8

The nurse explained why Akeer was sick. What did she say?

• "Her sickness came from the water."

• "Her sickness came from the heat."

• "Her sickness came from the mosquitos."

• "Her sickness came from the food."

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When they get to the island in the middle of the Nile, there is LOTS of food. What kind of food was there?

(choose two answers)

• bread, fish and vegetables

• Cheetos, potato chips, and candy

• potatoes and rice

• casava, sugar cane, and yams

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Before Salva ran from the war, his father would bring him fruit as a gift. What was it?

• bananas

• sorghum

• oranges

• mangoes

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Where did all the fishermen go when the sun went down.

• into their houses

• under mosquito net "tents"

• into their sleeping bags

• they went to bed.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why did the fishermen tell the refugees to "take plenty of water"?

• the Nile river water is too salty

• they want to sell many bottles of water

• there is a desert on the other side of the Nile

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

True or False: Nya's family decide to take Akeer to the medical clinic.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Why is boiling the water from the lakebed a challenge?

• They don't have the proper equipment to boil the water

• They can only collect small amounts of water from the lakebed

• They don't know how to boil water

• Sometimes they just forget to do it

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why can the fishing community grow so many types of crops?

• They have experts in growing crops

• They have the Nile as an irrigation system

• They work all day, even into the night

• They have magical soil

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why do the fishermen abruptly go into their tents at dusk?

• Lions come out at night

• Mosquitoes come out at night

• They are afraid of spirits that haunt the Nile River

• They like going to bed at a decent time

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What challenge must Salva survive at the end of Chapter 8?

• Crossing the Akobo Desert

• Crossing the Sahara Desert

• Walking the vast plains of Kenya

• Swimming the crocodile-infested Nile River

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1