A Long Walk to Water Quiz- Chapters 1-6

Identify the languages that Salva speaks (pg 2).

Sentence Stem: Salva speaks...

Why is Salva learning a new language (pg 2)?

Sentence Stem: Salva is learning a new language because...

Why does Salva only go to school for half a year (pg 2)?

Sentence Stem: Salva only go to school for half a year because...

Why were people in the South fighting against the government (pg 6)? (use text evidence)

Sentence Stem: People in the South are fighting against the government because...

Explain the type of government (limited or unlimited) that Sudan most likely has.

Criteria for Success:

· Identify the type of government.

· Describe the type of government by providing details/context.

· Explain why Sudan likely has that type of government by providing evidence.

"Some of them gathered wood to build a fire. Others helped clean and dress the animal."

The quote above is an example of which vocabulary word (pg 4)?

• Domestication

• Urbanization

• Specialization

• Agriculture

What are the Jur-chol tribe known for? (pg 25)

Salva no longer has a home and is traveling from place to place, what does this make him? (pg 22)

• A nomad

• A hunter gatherer

• A farmer

The Atout belief that, "when an Atout person died, he came back to Earth as lion with a great hunger for human flesh" can best be categorized as which culture trait (pg 31)?

• Language because the Atout people talk to each other about this belief

• Food because the lions eat the humans

• Clothing because the humans could make clothes out of lion skin

• Religion because its describes Atout beliefs about the afterlife

"One thing she liked about the camp was that, even though she had to dig in the clay and wait for water, she did not have to make the two long trips to the pond everyday... Nya's father and brother, Dep, went off to hunt (pg 33)"



• There is specialization by gender because the girls collect water and the boys hunt.

• There is specialization by age because the children collect food and water while the adults hunt.

• There is specialization by social status because the most important people collect water while other people hunt.

• There is no specialization within Nya's family at the lake camp.