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A Long Walk To Water: Vocab Chapts 1-3

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A stiff sharp-pointed straight or curved piece of wood

a)

Nail

b)

Thorn

c)

Steel Sliver

d)

Tree

2.

True or False? The meaning of "droned" is: To speak in a dull, monotonous manner

a)

True

b)

False

3.

"duties and obligations" are also known as

a)

Working Hard

b)

Truth

c)

Responsibilities

d)

Careers

4.

True or False? At Thanksgiving, a cook will "dress" a turkey.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which word means, "to be scared"

a)

Running

b)

Panic

c)

Console

d)

Shout

6.

When violence breaks out, Salva's teacher tells him to "run into the ______".

What is the word that means the African wilderness?

a)

Trees

b)

Plains

c)

River

d)

Bush

7.

A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against a government or ruler

a)

Rebels

b)

Attackers

c)

Prisoners

d)

Enlisted

8.

The fact or state of being independent, freedom.

a)

Arrested

b)

Independence

c)

Rebellion

d)

Adulting

9.

A feeling of not being nervous

a)

Aloofness

b)

Longing

c)

Relief

d)

Elated

10.

Extreme Fear is also known as....

a)

Relief

b)

Humor

c)

Happiness

d)

Terror

11.

What is another word for: A short smoothbore gun for firing shells technically called bombs of high angles

a)

Swords

b)

Mortars

c)

Knives

d)

Cannons

12.

a group of friends or ancestors or family

a)

Tribe

b)

Clique

c)

Strangers

d)

Refugees

13.

A military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses heavy weaponry to fire upon the enemy.

a)

Officers

b)

Captains

c)

Cavalry

d)

Artillery

14.

Understanding between people, usually during a time of sadness

a)

Sympathy

b)

Bickering

c)

Fighting

d)

Laughing

15.

A drink container to hold water used by Nya in A Long Walk To Water

a)

Gourd

b)

Straw

c)

Her hand

d)

A lake

16.

Covered, concealed

a)

Dressed

b)

Open

c)

Shrouded

d)

Free

17.

A nation of cattle herders live in the south of Sudan. Salva belongs to this tribe.

a)

Nuer

b)

Refugees

c)

Sudanese

d)

Dinka

18.

What religion does a Muslim follow? This is the religion that the Sudanese government wanted its people to belong to.

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism