Unit 1 Quiz - A Long Walk to Water

Unit 1 Quiz - A Long Walk to Water

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Your Book - A Long Walk to Water

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Chapter 6

Read chapter 6 before beginning this section. You can use the book to find the answers.

Multiple Choice

Based on word parts and context, what is the meaning of makeshift?

• permanent

• made to fit a need/temporary

• comfortable

• built to last a while

Multiple Choice

What does dashed most likely mean in this sentence?

• thrown or tossed

• ruined or destroyed

• done with great speed

• hit with great force

Multiple Choice

What does solemn most likely mean in this sentence?

• happy or excited

• honest or truthful

• not cheerful or smiling

• sleepy or tired.

Multiple Choice

The latin root of identical is identitas. Using the context clues in the sentence what does identitas mean?

• to join

• water

• the moon

• the same

Multiple Choice

The word in bold have almost the same meanings. The author chooses wailing instead of crying because …

• It hints that the person is in danger

• It shows the person making the sound is in great pain.

• It hints that the person is feeling afraid

• It shows that the person is trying to be quiet

Multiple Choice

What does Nya realize about her mother at camp this year?

• Mother is tired and wants to go home.

• Mother is too busy to help Nya get water.

• Mother is worried about her family, especially the men.

• Mother is kind to everyone she meets.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the novel is evidence of what Nya learned about her mother?

• But this year she realized for the first time that her mother hated the camp.

• But the worst was the look on her mother’s face when Nya’s father and older brother, Dep, went off to hunt

• No one from Nya’s family had been hurt or killed by Dinka.

• But she knew other families in the village who had lost loved ones in this way.

Multiple Choice

In chapter 6 Salva sees his uncle as….

• a good cook

• a strong protector

• a slow walker

• a happy man

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the novel is evidence of what Salva learned about his uncle?

• Salva and Marial still walked together, staying close to Uncle.

• Uncle and the other leaders finally decided that the group had to rest.

• Sometimes uncle would walk with the other men and talk about the journey.

• And he (Salva) slept near uncle at night.

Multiple Choice

How do Nya and Salva see their adult family members differently?

• Nya sees her mother as kind and Salva sees his uncle as unfeeling.

• Salva sees his uncle as a hunter and Nya sees her mother as a cook.

• Nya sees her mother as no really smart and Salva sees his uncle as the smartest person in the groups.

• Salva sees his uncle as a protector and Nya sees her mother as someone who need to be protected.

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Chapter 9

Read chapter 9 before beginning this section. You can use the book to find the answers.

Multiple Choice

Select a theme that the author develops in chapter 9 from the list below (7.5)

• Family is our most important support.

• Nature can present many challenges to humans.

• In challenging situations, it can be helpful to focus only on small steps

Multiple Select

Which two sentences from chapter 9 that best support the answer to question 11 and demonstrate where the author is developing the theme in the chapter. (7.5)

• At last, the sun was reluctantly forced from the sky (54).

• Each time, Salva would think of his family and his village, and he was able to keep his wounded feet moving forward, one painful step at a time. (54).

• Uncle reached into his bag. He took out a tamarind and handed it to Salva. (54)

• “You only need to walk as far as those bushes” (53).

Multiple Choice

•Here is a summary of Chapter 9. Which section of an effective summary is red.

• Introduction Information

• Main Idea/Topic/Theme

• Detail #1

• Conclusion/Closing Sentence

Multiple Choice

•Here is a summary of Chapter 9. Which section of an effective summary is green?.

• Introduction Information

• Main Idea/Topic/Theme

• Detail #1

• Conclusion/Closing Sentence

Multiple Choice

•Here is a summary of Chapter 9. Which section of an effective summary is orange?

• Introduction Information

• Main Idea/Topic/Theme

• Detail #1

• Conclusion/Closing Sentence

Multiple Choice

•Here is a summary of Chapter 9. Which section of an effective summary is blue?

• Introduction Information

• Main Idea/Topic/Theme

• Detail #1

• Conclusion/Closing Sentence

Multiple Choice

The title of the book we are reading is...

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• How to Survive Middle School

• A Long Walk to Water

• Getting Even

Multiple Choice

The main characters of the book are...

• Salva and Nya

• Salva and his uncle

• Nya and her sister

• Bill and Ted

Multiple Choice

The story in the book begins in ....

• the United States

• England

• India

• Sudan

Multiple Choice

Our school motto is ...

• I AM SMART

• I AM KING

• I AM HAPPY

• I AM PRESENT