A Long Walk to Water Ch. 6-8

What is wrong with Akeer at the beginning of Chapter 7?

• She doesn't want to get water with Nya

• She's very sick from the water

• She is upset that they have moved to the camp

• She got into a fight with Nya

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

Why is Nya so worried about her sister?

• The illness she's contracted can be deadly for young people

• There is no cure for the illness Akeer has

• There is no medical clinic or hospital that Akeer can go to

• Nya is afraid she will get sick too

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What challenge are Nya and her family facing at the end of Chapter 7?

• They must decide whether or not to stay in the camp or take Akeer to the medical clinic

• They must decide whether or not to give Akeer medicine

• They must decide whether or not Akeer should be allowed to go get water with Nya

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

What most likely happened to Marial?

• He wandered away from the group on his own

• He was eaten by a lion

• He got lost in the night trying to find food

• He left the group to fight in the war

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What evidence was there that led the group to believe a lion took Marial?

• Drag marks near the spot where he slept

• His clothes were in tatters and left behind

• They heard him scream in the middle of the night

• A few splotches of blood were near the path

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

How do they survive the challenge of trying to cross the Nile River?

• They swim hard and fast

• They work together to form a bridge using only their bodies

• They build boats to cross the Nile

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What piece of textual evidence does NOT support the claim that Salva's family was fairly rich?

• "[Beans and rice had been grown elsewhere, because few crops could be raised in the dry semi-desert region of Loun-Ariik."

• "At home, Salva had never been hungry."

• "His family owned many cattle"

• "Every so often, his father went to the marketplace by bicycle and brought home bags of beans and rice."

• "As a special treat, his father sometimes bought mangoes."

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

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.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

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.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9