A Long Walk To Water Quiz One Question Preview (ID: 34150)


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Who is the main character in 1985?
a) Salva
b) Nya
c) Marial
d) Dinka

Who is the main character in 2008?
a) Nya
b) Salva
c) Marial
d) Dinka

What does Nya's mother do with the water?
a) empties the water into large jugs
b) pours it out
c) uses it for laundry
d) uses it to fix Nya's lunch

Where is Salva at the beginning of the story?
a) at school
b) at home
c) walking to water
d) in America

What happened to Nya on her way to get water?
a) She got a thorn stuck in her foot.
b) She was attacked by soliders.
c) She broke the clay pot she was carrying.
d) She fell down and broke her arm.

When Salva woke up after the first night in the barn, what does he notice?
a) His tribe had left him.
b) His family found him.
c) The soliders came for him.
d) Nya was there.

What word best describes how he is feeling when he wakes up in the barn?
a) abandoned
b) distraught
c) sad
d) upset

How does Salva recognize people of the Dinka tribe?
a) The scars on their foreheads.
b) The headscarves they wear.
c) Their accent.
d) The clothes they wear.

“You have seen that the pond is only a puddle now. Winter is coming, and the dry season. And this fighting... I will go to a different village near water. You cannot stay with me any longer.” What is the passage mostly about?
a) Salva can no longer stay with the woman.
b) The old woman is going to a different village.
c) Winter and the dry season is coming.
d) The pond is now a puddle.

Even though the woman leaves Salva, what does she give him for his journey?
a) Both b and c
b) a. money
c) b. a gourd for drinking water
d) c. a bag of peanuts

“Salva held his breath as he scanned the faces, one by one. Then the air left his lungs and seemed to take all hope with it.” What is the meaning of phrase “scanned the faces” as it is used in the sentence?
a) look carefully
b) gaze at
c) watch
d) look quickly

What food is found at the end of chapter four?
a) honey
b) berries
c) fish
d) nuts

1. How does Salva’s life change from the beginning of chapter one to the end of chapter four? Use two details from the story to support your response.
a) These are your short answer questions.
b) They need to be 5 sentences.
c) You need to RSQ.
d) Remember capital letter and periods.

Compare and contrast the walks Nya makes and the walk that Salva is going on with the Dinka’s. Use two details from the story to support your response.
a) These are your short answer questions.
b) They need to be 5 sentences.
c) You need to RSQ.
d) Remember capital letter and periods.

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