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[belacane.livejournal.com]

A nice little russian language quiz, which goes from basic to somewhat advanced intermediate levels - here

Comments

[oryx_and_crake]

Normally yes, but not necessarily. "куда" assumes that your walk had a particular destination. You could walk around without going anywhere in particular - then they could ask you "Где ты ходил(а)?"

Я не знаю, КУДА он ходил вчера, но он пришел весь грязный. - is also correct but it has a slightly different meaning - it means that he went to a particular location and presumably got dirty there (or on the way), and then he returned home... something like that.

[spazzling21.livejournal.com]

Okay, I get it... So где is if they walked in a certain area (like downtown or the park) and then куда is walking to somewhere (a store or the library)... Yes?

[oryx_and_crake]

Something like that. But if you walked to downtown and back, you could still use куда - because there was a particular direction.

An example from "Three little pigs":

Three little pigs sing a song in which they say "Где ты ходишь, серый волк?" - Where are you walking/wandering, the grey wolf? Meaning that the wolf is wandering elsewhere and they don't know where.
Compare it with - Куда пошел волк? - Волк пошел к домику третьего поросенка.
- Where did the wolf go? - He went to the third pig's house.