A Long Walk to Water Quiz Chapters 1-6

How old does the novel say that Salva is in Chapter 1?

• Ten years old

• Twelve years old

• Eleven years old

• Nine years old

What happens while Salva is in school listening to the teacher drone on with the lesson?

• The teacher calls him out for sleeping.

• He hears gunshots outside in his village.

• His friend gets in trouble and sent to the village leader.

• His father comes to collect him because danger is near.

What happens to Nya on her walk in Chapter 2?

• She encounters a lion.

• She stops to talk to a friend who is also walking.

• She is ambushed by soldiers.

• She gets a thorn stuck in the bottom of her foot.

As Salva is forced to run into the wilderness, what thought keeps coming to his mind over and over again?

• He is wondering where his family is and if he will see them again.

• He is thinking that this is all a big mistake and they need to go back to the school.

• He is wondering how the teacher is doing back at the school.

• He is thinking that he left his school books laying on the ground.

What is the purpose for Nya's walk each day?

• She is trying to get away from her family.

• She is going to get food each day.

• She is walking to the market to sell her family's goods.

• She is walking to get water.

Why did the group decide to leave Salva while he was sleeping?

• He was hurt and couldn't continue.

• He was a child.

• He begged for food too much.

• He needed to be returned to his mother and father.

What tribe is Salva from?

• Dinka

• Nuer

• Sudanese

• South Sudanese

Why do the Dinka and the Nuer tribes have a long history of trouble?

• They have been fighting over the village leaders.

• They fight over the land and water.

• They speak different languages.

• They have no feud with each other.

Why does the old woman tell Salva that he can no longer stay with her?

• She is running out of food.

• She has no water.

• She knows that she will be safer by herself.

• He is mean to her.

At the end of Chapter 3, Salva is sitting in the barn by himself. What does he hear off in the distance?

• Lions roaring

• Dogs barking

• People's voices

• gunshots