A Long Walk to Water

The main female character in this novel is named:

• Nya

• Akit

• Akeer

• Salva

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The main male character in this novel is named:

• Dep

• Akobo

• Salva

• Jewir

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Where are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia

• Northern Sudan

• Southern Sudan

• Kenya

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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

What was the name of the village Salva was from?

• Loun-Ariik
• Dinka
• Louin-Akeer
• Nuer

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the purpose of Nya's journey each day?

• To escape the war 
• To get water 
• To feed her family 
• To help her cousins 

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Nya's daily routine with getting water BEST affect her identity?

• She is kind.

• She is energetic

• She is determined

• She is stubborn

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Salva's tribe called?

• Dinka

• Nuer

• Cattle

• Family

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How does Salva give back to his country?

• He sends them money after becoming a successful businessman

• He persuades the soldiers to stop fighting

• He creates an organization that builds wells in remote villages

• He creates an organization that sends food to villages

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

"Don't run home. They will be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages. Run into the _________," said Salva's teacher.

• desert

• bush

• river

• forest

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why was there war in Sudan?

• The government wanted all of Sudan to become Muslim but people in the south had different religions and did not want to practice Islam.

• The government forced all people in southern Sudan to speak Arabic.

• The government wanted all tribes to send their daughters to school.

• The government and Dinka tribes were fighting over water rights.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1