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A Long Walk to Water

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Salva?

a)

A little boy

b)

a little girl

c)

the teacher

2.

Who is Nya?

a)

A teacher

b)

a little girl

c)

a little boy

3.

Where does the book take place?

a)

Africa

b)

South Sudan

c)

Ethiopia

4.

Why does Nya keep going to the pond?

a)

to get water

b)

to visit with friends

c)

to go fishing

5.

What is the first camp that Salva stays at?

a)

A refuge camp

b)

The camp in Ethiopia

c)

the rebel camp

6.

What are the men speaking about in Nya's village?

a)

water

b)

cattle

c)

an arranged marriage

7.

What year does Salva's story start?

a)

2008

b)

1985

c)

1980

8.

What year does Nya's story begin?

a)

1985

b)

2008

c)

2010

9.

"Nya could see the questions in her mother's face every morning," this an example of what figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

setting

c)

imagery

10.

"The Nile: the longest river in the world, the mother of all life in the Sudan," this is an example of what figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

hyperbole

11.

"Salva stood on the bank of the Nile," this is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

setting

b)

metaphor

c)

personnification

12.

What was wrong with Akeer?

a)

she was sick

b)

she had a broken leg

c)

she was sad

13.

What made Akeer sick?

a)

the water

b)

the sorghum and milk

c)

the rice and beans

14.

What did Salva keep asking himself?

a)

Where am I going

b)

Where is my family?

c)

What country are we walking too?

15.

Why was Salva told to run?

a)

because of the war

b)

because of the soldiers

c)

because the teacher told him too