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WorksheetsA Long Walk to Water Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the name of the female main character in the story?
Akeer
Salva
Nya
Mariel
What is the name of the male main character in the story?
Salva Dut Ariik
Salma Dut Ariik
Salba Put Ariik
Salva Put Ariik
A person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
Rebel (Noun)
Mortar
Claim
Independence
Gourd
What was Salva doing when he heard gunfire and ran into the bush?
gathering firewood so his mother could cook supper
looking for his little brother, who hadn't come home for lunch
sitting in school and thinking about being at home
leading the family cattle to the watering hole
Why did the man agree to take Salva with his group when the old woman asked?
The man's wife, who was confused, thought Salva was her deceased child.
The people in the man's group were Dinka, as was Salva.
The man knew Salva's father and wanted to help his son.
The woman had offered water to the man in exchange for helping Salva.
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
What did Dep tell Nya about the Dinka who brought water to their village?
He had drilled many wells for his own people.
He had become rich playing basketball in America.
He once had the sickness that came from the water.
He had helped Dep survive the walk from the Ethiopian camp.
How did Nya react when she drank water from the well for the first time?
She thought the water was delicious.
The water was muddy.
She did not like the water.
Nya did not drink the water.
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.
In an e-mail from a cousin, Salva learned that his father had _______.
been found and was going to have stomach surgery at a remote clinic
arrived in America and was just two hundred miles away from his son
sold his cattle during the war and put the money in the bank for his son
died with the rest of the family when the village was burned
Why was Salva's father sick?
thirst
mosquitos
contaminated water
burns
What does adversity mean?
