A Long Walk to Water Ch. 5 1. Give details to show how water dictates Nya’s life.

2. How was the honey worth it for Salva and the others in his group? What was the cost?

3. What do Salva and Marial have in common? What does it mean that Salva “heard that sigh all the way to his heart?”

4. Why is Salva dismayed that they are walking to Ethiopia, east? How are the boys good for each other?

5. Find at least three text details to describe the Atuot people. Would you fear them?

6. Salva is amazed at the end of this chapter. Predict the cause of his speechlessness.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.