A Long Walk to Water Chapter Quizzes

Where are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia

• Northern Sudan

• Southern Sudan

• Kenya

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

"With the water balanced on her ______, and her foot still sore from the thorn, Nya knew that going home would talk longer that coming had."

• hip

• shoulder

• arm

• head

Where did Salva sleep the night his village was attacked?

• in a barn

• outside under the stars

• in a hut

• in a bush

In what way can chapter 18 be contrasted to the rest of the novel?

• It is written mostly from salva's perspective.

• It is written in Nya's point of view.

• It contains no information about Salva.

• All of the above

What does Salva call the old woman who he meets in the barn?

• Cousin

• Auntie

• Sister

• Friend

What did the old woman give Salva when he left with the other Dinka?

• bag of peanuts and a gourd for drinking

• bag of mangoes and a gourd for drinking

• bag of almonds and a gourd for drinking

• bag of bread and a gourd for drinking

Who did Salva reunite with in the land of the Atuot people?

• his father

• his grandfather

• his mother

• his uncle

Why was Salva's father sick?

• thirst

• mosquitos

• contaminated water

• burns

Why did Nya ask her father, "All the children Papa? The girls too?"

• Nya did not want to give up her job waling to get water.

• Nya did not want to go to school.

• Girls normally did not go to school?

• She thought the girls would not get any of the water.