Long Walk to Water

(Ch. 7) How does the fear affect Salva after Marial's death? Choose the BEST answer.

• Salva feels very insecure and stays far away from the others in the group.

• a. Salva feels very safe and stays awake so lions will not attack him.

• Salva feels very safe and stays close to his Uncle.

• a. Salva feels very insecure and stays close to his uncle.

Chapter 8

Read the following paragraph.

Salva was amazed by what he saw in the fishing community. It was the first place in their weeks of walking that had an abundance of food. The villagers ate a lot of fish, of course, and hippo and crocodile meat as well. But even more impressive were the number of crops they grew: cassava, sugar cane, yams.... It was easy to grow food when there was a whole river to water the crops!

As used in the paragraph, the word abundance means

• food found in the river

• lack or scarcity

• plenty or more than enough

• crops harvested by the villagers

Chapter 8

The nurse told Nya and her mother that Akeer's, "sickness came from the ___________."

• Mosquitos

• Water

• Food posioning

• Dehydration (Thirst)

Chapter 8

Nya’s sister becomes sick with cholera and the family travels to a clinic to see a doctor. The nurse explains that she is sick because of the water and tells Nya’s mother she must boil the water before she uses it. What is the problem with boiling water for Nya’s family?

• They have no pots to boil water in.

• There is no way for them to make a fire.

• Because they can collect only a little water, they will not have enough left after boiling.

• If they start a fire, it will burn their house down.

Chapter 8

Why doesn't Salva fall asleep in the canoe?

• He is too uncomfortable.

• He is afraid of falling out of the canoe.

• He is not tired as they cross the nile.

• He is too hungry to sleep.

(ch. 8)

Salva would take a mango from the spokes almost before his father had dismounted. Which phrase has the same meaning as dismounted?

• Got off

• Jumped up

• Got onto

• Fell down

Chapter 8

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

• fish, hippo and crocodile meat

• potatoes and rice

• casava, sugar cane, and yams

Chapter 8

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

• the Nile river water is not safe to drink

• they didn't want the refugees to get dehydrated

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

Chapter 8

If men had no containers handy, how would they take water on their journey across the Nile?

• they had jugs and gourds

• they soaked their clothing in water

• they found empty water bottles

• they carried it in a boat

Chapter 9

What was the worst moment of Salva's day in the desert?

• He stubbed his toe and the entire toenail came off

• His lips became cracked and parched.

• He was bitten by hundreds, maybe thousands of mosquitoes.

• He found out that his family was dead