Long Walk to Water

Which one is true?

• Salva and Nya are both real people.

• Salva is a real person, while Nya is a character based on real people.

• Nya is a real person, while Salva is a character based on a real person.

• Neither Salva nor Nya are real people.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What tribe was Salva a member of?

• Dinka

• Nuer

• Loun-Arik

• Murle

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Salva became the leader of a group that was eventually called the--

• Orphan Boys of Africa

• Lost Boys of Sudan

• Lost Boys of Africa

• Orphans of Sudan

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What was Salva kept busy doing at the bank of the Nile?

• mending fishing nets to pay the fishermen for carrying him across the river

• keeping watch for soldiers while the men carried the women across the river

• gathering up cut stalks of papyrus grass and taking them to the boatbuilders

• catching fish in the river and helping the women clean them for cooking

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did Dep tell Nya about the Dinka who brought water to their village?

• He had drilled many wells for his own people.

• He had become rich playing basketball in America.

• He once had the sickness that came from the water.

• He had helped Dep survive the walk from the Ethiopian camp.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the name of the female, main character in the story?

• Akeer

• Salva

• Nya

• Mariel

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the name of the male, main character in the story?

• Salva Dut Ariik

• Salma Dut Ariik

• Salba Put Ariik

• Salva Put Ariik

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What country are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia 

• Southern Sudan

• Northern Sudan

• Kenya

Tags

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

Tags

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 

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1