A Long Walk to Water Ch 7-12 Test Review

1) What are the clues that Marial was eaten by a lion?

• blood spots

• they kept seeing lions around

• they found the lion with a full belly

• someone saw the lion take Marial

2) Who plays an important role in helping Salva continue his journey after his friend is killed and helps him get through the desert?

• Buska

• The group of Dinka

• Uncle

• no one, it was himself

3) How does Uncle reassure him after Marial's death that everything will be okay?

• He tells him to get over it.

• He tells him he has a gun and will protect him.

• He tells him he will stay awake and look after him.

• He told Salva that he's in danger and must be careful.

4) What finally distracts Salva from the grief of Marial and the fear crippling him?

• A) facing a lion

• B) helps build canoes

• C) hold a funeral

• D) he didn't

5) What is Salva able to get from the fisherman because of Uncle?

• Shelter

• Sugarcane

• Fish

• Yams

6) What happened to Nya's younger sister, Akeer, that made her crippled with pain and extremely sick?

• A) She had food poisoning

• B) She stubbed her toe.
• C) She had an illness from drinking dirty water
• D) She had the flu

7) What did Nya's family do with Akeer?

• They stayed in the village to allow Akeer to get better

• They brought Akeer to the village medicine man for a cure

• They brought Akeer to clinic for medicine

• Nothing

8) What do the visitors and tribesman talk about at Nya's village?

• A) Water!
• B) The war!

• C) A peace with the Dinka

• D) Moving

9) How does Uncle help Salva continue on after his stubbed his toe?

• He called Salva by his full name "Salva Mawien Dut Ariik"

• He told Salva, "you only have to walk to those bushes, rocks, tree, etc."

• Uncle broke down the large task of walking into smaller steps.

• He motivated and pushed him onward.

10) What does the group come across in the desert?

• A) an oasis
• B) water
• C) a village
• D) a group of dying men