Themes and Summary: A Long Walk to Water, Chapter 7

Read this sentence from chapter 7:

“If it hadn’t been for Uncle, Salva might have gone crazy with fear” (41).

What theme in the text does this sentence help develop?

• Nature can present many challenges to humans.

• Dangerous situations can make people become leaders.

• People need to depend on one another in order to survive.

• People often do not appreciate what they have until it is gone.

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How are Nya’s and Salva’s uncles similar in this chapter?

• Both are offering to help their family.

• Both have to leave their family.

• Both end up getting separated and can't find their way back to their children.

• Both have to fight in the war.

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How does the boat-building scene further develop the theme that people need to depend on each other?

• It shows how they were able to set up camp and wait for the boat to pick them up.

• It shows how the group decided to cross the river without boats and used their bodies instead.

• It shows everyone in the group getting frustrated and yelling at Salva.

• It shows everyone in the group playing a part to build the

  boats to cross the river.

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How are writing summaries and discussing themes in a text different?

• A theme is just a description of events in a text, and summarizing requires you to go an “extra step” to find what the message of the text is, or what the author is trying to say in the text.

• A summary is just a description of events in a text, and discussing the theme requires you to go an “extra step” to find what the message of the text is, or what the author is trying to say in the text.

• A summary is just the gist and the theme is always "don't give up."

• A theme is just the gist and the summary requires text evidence from the author.

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