Salva Knowledge
Nya Knowledge
Vocabulary
Book Structure/Literary Topics
Misc.
100

What tribe is Salva from?

Dinka

100
What tribe is Nya from?

Nuer

100

What vocab word means:

the quality allowing someone to continue trying to do something even though it is
difficult

perseverance 

100

How is each chapter organized?

Two different stories/perspectives (Nya and Salva's)

different headings, font, text

100
Who are the Lost Boys of Sudan?

Boys like Salva who had to run away from home because of war

200

How does Salva decide to help the people of Sudan?

He raised money and created an organization to bring water to villages in Sudan

200

What did they build in Nya's village after drilling the well?

A school

200

What vocab word means: 

separated from others

isolated

200

What is different about the last chapter's structure compared to every other chapter?

It is only Nya's story/perspective

200

How do people tell Dinka and Nuer tribes apart?

They have ritual scar patterns on their faces

300

What were the conditions like at the Kakuma or Ifo refugee camp where Salva traveled to?

Not a lot of food or doctors, makeshift shelters, no work, refugees couldn't leave the camps

300

Double Jeopardy:

Why can't Nya's family live next to the lake camp all year round?

It is not safe because Dinka men attack it, and she's Nuer

300

What vocab word means:

very thin from disease, hunger or cold



emaciated

300

What is the main idea of a passage?

the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.

300

What happened in the Gilo River?

-Soldiers were shooting at Salva and other refugees from the Ethiopian refugee camp. Chasing them back to Sudan

-Salva swam away from crocodiles and soldiers with guns

400

How many boys did Salva lead to Kenya after fleeing the refugee camp in Ethiopia?

1,500

400

What does Nya and her mother fear while her brother and father go hunting?

They fear they will be killed by Dinka tribesmen

400

What vocab word means:

a state in which all hope is lost or absent

despair

400

What is one way Nya's life will change now that she has a well in her village?

She can go to school

She doesn't have to walk to water

They will have a market and medical clinica

400

Double Jeopardy:

Why was the war being fought in Sudan?

The government wanted everyone to practice the same religion

500

What was the name of the aid worker who taught Salva English and showed him how to play volleyball?

Michael 

500

Why was Nya surprised that the boss of the drilling team (Salva) was Dinka?

Dinka and Nuer do not get along

he did not have the ritual scarring

500

What vocab word means:

someone forced to leave a country because of war, religious or political reasons

refugee

500

How does the title of the book, A Long Walk to Water, connect to both Salva and Nya?

Nya has to walk everyday to get water. 

Salva had a long journey and eventually led him to bringing water to people in Sudan.

Both had long journeys, both connected to water

500
What lesson did Salva keep in his mind (He learned this from Uncle)?

Just keep going...take it one day at a time