Long Walk to Water Chapter 14-16

How old is Salva when he arrives at the Ifo refugee camp?

• 22

• 18

• 16

• 15

What does the aid worker teach Salva while at the camp?

• How to sing write his name.

• The names of American musicians and artist.

• How to read English.

• How to speak Spanish.

What rumor was being spread through the camp?

• That the camp would be closing just like the others.

• That they would be selecting people to go to live in America.

• That the rebel soldiers would be coming to take men and boys to fight in the war.

• That there was not going to be enough room for everyone so more than 500 refugees would need to find a new place to live.

What were the requirements to be selected?

• You had to be able to speak English.

• You had to be able to read and write in English.

• You had to be healthy, have no family left, never have been a soldier in the army and pass an interview.

• Anyone who applied to go would be considered.

Where did Salva learn he was going to be sent after being selected to go to America?

• Rochester New York

• Omaha Nebraska

• Dallas Texas

• Washington D.C.

When the young men arrived in America, what where they called?

• The Freedom Riders.

• Boys to Men

• The Dinka and Nuer

• The Lost Boys

What does Salva do to calm himself as he became worried while on the plane?

• He repeats what his Uncle always said, "A step at a time," and "just this flight to get through for now."

• Don't worry the plane will not crash.

• He begins thinking about his mother.

• He begins humming and rocking back and forth.

Why do the workers in Nya's village begin to clear more land?

• To set up camp for the night.

• To build something.

• To make more room for water.

• They become bored while waiting for the pump to work.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

What did Salva decide to do after living in his new home in America for 6 years?

• Start a family of his own.

• Open a school.

• Go to college.

• Move back to Africa.

While Salva was waiting to be selected to go to America, he tried not to lose hope. Explain what "Sometimes he felt he was being torn in two by the hoping and the not hoping," means.