A Long Walk to Water Quiz Chapters 1-9

When do the events in this book take place?

• About 200 years ago
• About 100 years ago
• Within the past 30 years ago
  
• 100 years in the future

Where does this story mostly take place?

• Sudan
• Egypt
• England
• Canada

When the gunfire began, Salva's teacher told him to

• Go home.
• Go to the town square.
• Run into the bush.
• Get the police.

Nya walks to the pond to get water for her village

• Once a day.
• Every other day.
• Three times a week.
• Twice a day.

Salva's tribe was

• Dinka.
•  Nuer.
• Jur-chol.
• Atuot.

Nya's tribe was

• Dinka.
•  Nuer.
• Jur-chol.
  
• Atuot.

Uncle kept Salva moving by

• Prodding him with a stick.
• Offering him money if he made it all the way.
•  Threatening to leave him behind.
•  Picking landmarks for him to walk to.

Which of the following is a challenge that Nya does NOT face?

• She must walk a very long way to get water.

• She must survive living through the Sudanese Civil War.

• She must wait hours to retrieve water during the dry season.

• She must endure a challenging environment on a daily basis.

Which of the following is a challenge that Salva does NOT face?

• He must learn how to retrieve water from the lake during the dry season.

• He must be brave when he loses his family during the Sudanese Civil War.

• He must learn how to find resources such as food and water while traveling across the country.

• He must flee his home and all he has ever known.

What is wrong with Akeer at the beginning of Chapter 7?

• She doesn't want to get water with Nya

• She's very sick from the water

• She is upset that they have moved to the camp

• She got into a fight with Nya