A Long Walk to Water Chapters 16-18

All of the following were new to Salva in the U.S. EXCEPT for...

• seeing white people

• snow

• electricity

• dirt roads

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.7

In Chapter 16, Salva learns that his father is in a United Nations clinic and that he has had stomach surgery. Based on what you know about Sudan and what happened to Akeer (Nya's sister), make an inference about what made his father sick.

• The water in Sudan made him sick

• Raw meat

• The bee stings

• A crocodile in the Gilo River

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What does Salva start planning after he receives the emails from his cousin?

• How to find his father

• How to defeat the militia men in Sudan

• Ways to get over his hatred of the cold weather in New York

• A trip back to Sudan

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What does Nya's village plan to build when the well is completed?

• A city

• A mill

• A school

• A camp

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What surprised Nya most about the school?

• It was in the village

• Girls could attend

• They would have laptops

• They would have books

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who else does Salva learn survived the war?

• His friends from the village

• Several of the people he lead during their long walk

• His mother and sisters

• The old lady from the barn

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.7

Why could Salva not visit his mother?

• There was still war going on around his village

• She had passed away

• She was in another country

• She was very sick

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Why did Salva's dad need medical attention?

• He had the flu

• He hadn't been eating enough

• He was injured in the war near their village

• He was sick from drinking contaminated water

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Why was Salva speaking to groups of people in the United States?

• To raise awareness of what is happening in Sudan

• To practice his English-speaking skills

• To raise money for his trip back home to visit his family

• To make people feel bad for him

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.7

After the school is built in Nya's village, what building was going to be added next?

• A library

• A bank

• A restaurant

• A marketplace

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1