ALWTW: End Of Novel Test

What is the main conflict type in the novel? **Think of where it takes place and the title.**

• Person vs. technology

• Person vs. nature

• Person vs. self

• Person vs. Person

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.7

"Overhead, a jet plane veered away like a sleek, evil bird."(Page 6) In this simile what two things are being compared?

• A person's head and the sound of a plane.

• A jet and a plane

• A jet plane and evil

• A jet plane and a bird

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"It was hard to keep hope alive when there was so little to feed it." (page 85) What figurative language is used in this sentence?

• Simile (comparing 2 things using like or as)

• Hyperbole (an exaggerated statement)

• Personification (giving human like characteristics to something not living)

• Pun (a witty or joke like remark)

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following is NOT a theme in A Long Walk to Water?

• Darkness and Light

• Perseverance

• Survival

• War

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

"Overhead, a jet plane veered away like a sleek, evil bird."(Page 6) What figurative language device is this an example of?

• Personification (giving human like characteristics to something not living)

• Simile (comparing two things using the words like or as)

• Metaphor (comparing 2 things saying one thing IS another)

• Idiom (A saying that does not literally mean what you say)

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does water symbolize for Nya and her village?

• Death

• Disease

• Life

• Hard Work

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following best describes Nya’s situation at the start of the book?

• She attends a local school learning Arabic, the official language of the country, Sudan.

• She works for her father herding the many cows he owns.

• She spends all of her time taking care of her younger siblings.

• She makes a few trips each day, walking miles in the heat while dealing with thorns and thirst, in order to get water from a pond to bring to her family.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following best conveys Salva’s situation at the beginning of the book (before he becomes a refugee)?

• He makes several trips daily to find water for his family.

• He works with his brothers herding his father’s cattle and also attends school in order to learn Arabic.

• He works to bring water to remote villages throughout Sudan.

• He lives in a refugee camp in Ethiopia.

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CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following best represents a central conflict Salva faced during the first several days as a refugee?

• Salva was abandoned by the first group from his village and by an old woman who was with him for three days.

• Salva was forced to join with the group of rebel soldiers.

• Salva was abandoned by his friends and family.

• Salva was being hunted by the government soldiers who had invaded South Sudan.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is Salva affected by Mariel’s presence among the group of refugees he joins on the journey to Ethiopia?

• Salva and Mariel are both attacked by lions, but only Salva survives.

• Salva finally has someone his age to walk with and talk to during the journey.

• Salva and Mariel compete against each other because they worry that only one eleven-year old will be welcome on the journey.

• Salva and Mariel hunt together, therefore they demonstrate their value to the group.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3