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A Long Walk to Water - Reading Activities

Chapter 9

Silent reading. You will quietly read the chapter and answer the questions. Pages numbers are given as to where the answers are located. Turn in.

Some men visit Nya's village in a jeep and speak with the villagers. What are they

talking about?

They are talking about

(51)

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The journey across the desert has begun. How long will it take? What are the things that happen to Salva's feet? On the second day of intense heat, what do he and his uncle encounter? What do they do? What would you have done? What does one man shout about the situation? Do you think that too?

The journey will take

Salva must walk without

gored his feet. (52) Then, he on a rock, and

second day they think they see a group of rocks but it is actually

(52)

because his fell apart. (52)

his toe

(53) On the

Salva counted nine men. ....five of the men were completely motionless. What is

wrong with them? (55) When a woman tries to help them a man yells at her: (use

quotes from book (55-56)