A Long Walk to Water Assessment

Where does this story mostly take place?

• Sudan
• Egypt
• England
• Canada

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Nya's job each day is to:

• care for her sister

• get water

• tend the cattle

• cook and clean

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CCSS.RI.6.2

_____ is a message or lesson inferred from a story that can be applied to life and other texts.

• context clue

• theme

• main idea

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CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of the following themes is evident in chapter 18?

• Hard work seldomly pays off.

• Mankind is more alike than different.

• Water is somewhat important.

• You should always prepare well.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

In what way can chapter 18 be contrasted to the rest of the novel?

• It is written mostly from salva's perspective.

• It is written in Nya's point of view.

• It contains no information about Salva.

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.6

Where did Salva live during his time in the U.S.?

• New York City, NY

• Los Angeles, CA

• Murfreesboro, TN

• Rochester, NY

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

On page 65, which two pieces of evidence show that Salva grows and becomes stronger after his Uncle's death?

• "Salva was amazed to find himself walking faster and more boldly than he had before."

• "Beneath his terrible sadness, he felt stronger."

• "Now that Salva was without Uncle's care and protection, the group's attitude toward him changed."

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CCSS.W.6.9A

One of the themes of "A Long Walk to Water" is that you should never give up. Which quote below shows that theme?

• "How can I go on without them? But how can I not go on?... I need only to get through the rest of this day and no other" (Park 72-73).

• "He felt as though he were standing on the edge of a giant hole - a hole filled with the black despair of nothingness...I am alone now. I am all that is left of my family" (Park 72).

• "As the days went by, the uneasiness grew into fear. Salva was almost seventeen years old now - a young man" (Park 73).

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CCSS.RL.6.1

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CCSS.RL.6.5

One of the themes of "A Long Walk to Water" is that patience and determination can get you far. Which quote below shows that theme?

• "The water...seeped in so slowly that it took a long time to collect even a few gourdsful. Nya would crouch by the hole, waiting. Waiting for water. Here, for hours at a time. And every day for five long months" (Park 27).

• "Nya put the container down and sat on the ground. She always tried not to step on the spiky plants that grew along the path, but their thorns littered the ground everywhere" (Park 8).

• "Nya was still making the two daily trips to the pond. Each time she returned, she could see that slowly but surely the patch of cleared earth was growing larger" (Park 64).

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CCSS.RL.6.5

Which quote below shows that the refugees in Salva's group honored uncle?

• "He knows it will be hard for me, Salva realized. He does not want to leave me there, but he has to go back and fight for our people" (Park 60).

• "Now that Salva was without Uncle's care and protection, the group's attitude toward him changed. Once again, they grumbled that he was too young and small, that he might slow them down or start crying again, as he had in the desert" (Park 66).

• "They buried Uncle in a hole about two feet deep, a hole that had already been made by some kind of animal. Out of respect for him, the group walked no more that day but took time to mourn the man who had been their leader" (Park 65).

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