A Long Walk to Water - chapters 1 - 9

When do the events in this book take place?

• About 200 years ago
• About 100 years ago
• Within the past 30 years ago
  
• 100 years in the future

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where does this story mostly take place?

• Sudan
• Egypt
• England
• Canada

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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

When the gunfire began, Salva's teacher told him to

• Go home.
• Go to the town square.
• Run into the bush.
• Get the police.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Nya walks to the pond to get water for her village

• Once a day.
• Every other day.
• Three times a week.
• Twice a day.

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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

Salva's tribe was

• Dinka.
•  Nuer.
• Jur-chol.
• Atuot.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Nya's tribe was

• Dinka.
•  Nuer.
• Jur-chol.
  
• Atuot.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What was Salva doing when he heard gunfire and ran into the bush?

• gathering firewood so his mother could cook supper

• looking for his little brother, who hadn't come home for lunch

• sitting in school and thinking about being at home

• leading the family cattle to the watering hole

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Why did the man agree to take Salva with his group when the old woman asked?

• The man's wife, who was confused, thought Salva was her deceased child.

• The people in the man's group were Dinka, as was Salva.

• The man knew Salva's father and wanted to help his son.

• The woman had offered water to the man in exchange for helping Salva.

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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 was Salva kept busy doing at the bank of the Nile?

• mending fishing nets to pay the fishermen for carrying him across the river

• keeping watch for soldiers while the men carried the women across the river

• gathering up cut stalks of papyrus grass and taking them to the boatbuilders

• catching fish in the river and helping the women clean them for cooking

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What is the name of the female, main character in the story?

• Akeer
• Salva
• Nya
• Mariel

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7