"A Long Walk to Water" Assessment

The protagonists of "A Long Walk to Water" are:

• Marial and Nya
• Uncle and Nuer
• Salva and Nya
• Uncle and Marial

How does Salva change by the end of the story?

• He learns that helping others is pointless.
• Salva becomes violent and learns that war is always the answer.
• Salva becomes a determined leader who learns how to help others.
• Salva learns that he never wants to return to Sudan ever again.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the main setting of this story?

• Egypt
• Sudan
• England
• Canada

The exposition of this story explains:

• Salva goes to America as a "Lost Boy"
• Salva's father is alive and wanted to visit him
• Uncle dies
• Nya and Salva are both from Sudan, and have different personal challenges.

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CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

After facing numerous challenges and dangers during his journey as a "Lost Boy," Salva decides to give back to his country through the wells project. This turning point is known as the ____________ of the story.

• rising action
• resolution
• falling action
• climax

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Throughout most of the story Salva walks for extended periods through dangerous terrain in Sudan, facing increasing challenges like hunger, thirst, attacks by wild animals, and encounters with dangerous groups. These are part of the......

• expositon
• rising action
• climax
• resolution

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

At the end of the story the reader learns that it was Salva who was working to bring clean water to Nya's tribe when on the last page it says, "I'm Salva". This is the....

• resolution
• expositon
• climax
• rising action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

After the turning point of the story, Salva begins speaking to groups of people to raise money for his project. This is part of the __________ of the story.

• resolution
• falling action
• expostion
• rising action

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Nya's job each day is to:

• care for her sister
• get water
• tend the cattle
• cook and clean

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.RL.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A