A Long Walk to Water Chapters 1-8

Where is the primary setting of this book?

• Egypt

• Kenya

• Sudan

• Saudi Arabia

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Who is this quote referring to? “She could even drag it behind her, bumping it against the ground and raising a tiny cloud of dust with each step.”

• Nya

• Nya's sister

• Salva

• Marial

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who said this? "Go! All of you, now!”

• Salva's uncle

• The rebel leader

• Teacher

• The old woman

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What figurative language is used here? “a jet plane veered away like a slick, evil bird”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Who is this quote referring to? “She pressed her lips together against the pain.”

• Nya's sister

• The old lady at the barn

• Salva's sister

• Nya

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Nya carry the jug home each day?

• She drags it on the ground

• She puts in on their mule

• Her older brother carries it for her

• She carries it in a cloth donut on her head

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Who said this quote? “Wherever it is you walk, just be sure to walk away from the fighting.”

• Uncle

• Teacher

• The old lady

• The rebel leader

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What creatures attacked Salva's group the night they spent on the island in the middle of the Nile river?

• Crocodiles

• Mosquitos

• Snakes

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A trait that does NOT apply to Salva is

• lazy
• frightened
• persistent (doesn't give up)
• helpful

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3