The Long Walk to Water

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

What new challenge does Salva and the group face once reaching the Nile?

• lions

• artillery

• mosquitoes

• hunger and thirst

What does Salva live by that helps him keep going?

• Take what you can get

• Take One Day at a Time

• Work until it is dark

• Play volleyball

What motivated Salva to keep going in the desert?

• Drinking water his uncle gave him

• Marial's lion

• His uncle calling him by his full name

• Other people in the group ignoring him because he is the youngest

What is a good theme of "A Long Walk To Water"?

• Giving up is sometimes okay

• Nya must walk a long way for water and she needs a pump

• Salva and Nya work hard so they can survive

• With hope, anyone can persevere

Why does the author have Nya's story in brown text and Salva's story in black text?

• The author wanted to create a structure for the reader to understand there are two different stories happening

• The author thought it was entertaining

• The author wanted to set the tone of the book

• The author's favorite colors are brown and black

What might have been the author's purpose for telling us the story of Nya and Salva?

• To show the important school is in Sudan

• To explain how people can help people in Southern Sudan

• To show the struggles faced by the people of South Sudan

• To tell the story of the Dinka and Nuer tribes

If Salva had known all the adversity he was going to face when he started his journey he might have preferred to have died right there and save him the trouble.
What does adversity mean?

• troubles and difficulties

• people

• lions and crocodiles

• starvation and drought

"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

What is the primary setting of 'The Long Walk to Water'?

• A) A bustling city

• B) A remote village in Sudan

• C) A coastal town

• D) A mountainous region