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A Long Walk to Water Chapters 14, 15, 16

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Nya frown after water sprayed out of the borehole?

a)

Her sister would have to wait a little longer for water.

b)

It was full of mud.

c)

Her family was upset about the water.

d)

Her brother was confusing her.

2.

Why did Salve decide to leave the Kenyan Kakuma camp after living there for 3 years.

a)

He wanted to find his family.

b)

It was dreadful and felt like a prison.

c)

He was going to the United States.

d)

He was going to Ethiopia

3.

Who was Michael?

a)

Aide Worker

b)

Friend

c)

Soldier

d)

Doctor

4.

What 2 things did Michael teach Salva?

a)

English and Volleyball

b)

To Fight and Survive

5.

What are the restrictions to a boy getting on the list to go to America?

a)

Healthy, Married and Family in the USA

b)

Orphaned, Healthy and not a Rebel Soldier.

c)

Orphaned, Married and Healthy.

d)

Married, Not a Soldier and Family in the USA.

6.

What was the exciting news Salva got at the end of chapter 14?

a)

He was going to go back home.

b)

He was going to the United States.

c)

He was going to meet his family.

7.
Which piece of evidence from page 90 explains where the cleanest water is found?
a)
"Even though the water spraying out of the borehole was brown and muddy..."
b)
".... to make sure of getting deep enough into good clean water underground."
c)
"Yet another walk to the pond."
d)
"Nya went to Quik Trip and found her way to the bottled water."
8.
Salva was the leader of this group of people who wandered for weeks or months at a time before finding refugee camps. 
a)
Dinka
b)
The Lost Boys
c)
Loun-Ariik
d)
Nuer
9.
"The frigid air hit Salva's face like a slap." (p. 95) This is an example of what type of figurative language?
a)
metaphor
b)
noun
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
10.
All these were new to Salva in the U.S. EXCEPT FOR:
a)
seeing white people
b)
volleyball
c)
electricity
d)
snow
11.

What question did Salva think about a lot, but never found an answer?

a)

What could he possibly do to help Sudan?

b)

What if my new family isn't there?

c)

What if I lose my new coat?

d)

What country does my cousin live in?

12.
About how old was Salva when he learned his father was in the hospital?
a)
11 years old
b)
18 years old
c)
23 years old
d)
50 years old
13.
in Chapter 16, Salva learns that his father is in a United Nations clinic and that he has had stomach surgery. Based on what you know about Sudan and what happens to Akeer, make an inference on what made his father sick. 
a)
The water in Sudan made him sick.
b)
He did not cook his meat enough.
c)
The bee stings
d)
A crocodile in the Gilo River