A Long Walk to Water--Chapter 17

What does Nya's father tell her is being built near the tree?

• A school

• A grocery store

• An ice cream shop

• A gas station

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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 was surprising about what Nya's father said about the new school?

• That the school would be air conditioned.

• That girls could attend.

• That it would be 4 stories high.

• That it would have a new soccer field.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How long has it been since Salva and his father had seen each other?

• About 30 years

• Almost 22 years

• Almost nineteen years

• About 5 years

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

What has happened to Salva's mother and sisters?

• They live in the camp at Ifo.

• They live in America now.

• They did not survive the war.

• They are back in the village.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

Ring is the only one of Salva's brothers that is still alive.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What had made Salva's father sick?

• He had the flu.

• Years of drinking dirty water infested with guinea worms.

• He is allergic to dairy products.

• He contracted Malaria from mosquitoes.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What helps Salva get over his stage fright the first time he speaks in front of an audience?

• He doesn't get over it and faints on the stage.

• He closes his eyes when he speaks so that he doesn't see the audience.

• He knew that everyone there was interested in what he had to say.

• He remembers speaking in front of his class at school when he was 11 years old.

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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