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A Long Walk to Water FINAL TEST

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Salva's foster mother in the United States?

a)

Marial

b)

Louise

c)

Jewiir

d)

Chris

2.

Who is the leader who helps the refugees cross the desert?

a)

Ring

b)

Jewiir

c)

Mawien

d)

Dep

3.

Who tells Nya that the man building the well is Dinka?

a)

Salva

b)

Marial

c)

Jewiir

d)

Dep

4.

Who is Salva's only surviving brother?

a)

Marial

b)

Jewiir

c)

Ring

d)

Chris

5.

Who is the young girl whose village is chosen for a new well?

a)

Nya

b)

Dep

c)

Mawien

d)

Kuol

6.

Who is a judge who walked for 300 miles for medical treament?

a)

Marial

b)

Mawien

c)

Kuol

d)

Ring

7.

Who is Salva's youngest brother killed during the war?

a)

Ring

b)

Kuol

c)

Jewiir

d)

Mawien

8.

Who is a young man who runs from his school when gunfire starts?

a)

Marial

b)

Ring

c)

Dep

d)

Salva

9.

Who is a father of four who accepts a young man into his home?

a)

Louise

b)

Chris

c)

Salva

d)

Ring

10.

Who is a young man killed by a lion?

a)

Marial

b)

Mawien

c)

Dep

d)

Kuol

11.

In what year does Nya's story begin>

a)

1985

b)

2008

12.

In what year does Salva's story begin?

a)

1985

b)

2008

13.

What tribe is Salva a part of?

a)

Nuer

b)

Dinka

14.

What tribe is Nya a part of?

a)

Dinka

b)

Nuer

15.

Why does Nya have to move and live in a camp for 5 months out of the year?

a)

The pond dries up, and her family needs to be closer to the lake.

b)

The Dinka kicked her out of her home.

c)

School was near the camp, so they lived at the camp during school.

d)

The war made her leave her home.

16.

How does Marial, Salva's friend, die?

a)

He dies of thirst.

b)

He is killed by gunfire.

c)

He is attacked by an alligator.

d)

He is killed by a lion.

17.

How does Salva's uncle die?

a)

He is killed by a lion attack.

b)

He is killed by rebel soldiers.

c)

Someone in his own group killed him in his sleep.

d)

He is killed by Nuer men.

18.

Why can't Salva stay in Ethiopia?

a)

The government forces him (and the others) out.

b)

There is no water there.

c)

He is going back to look for his family in South Sudan.

d)

There is not enough room in the camp.

19.

Salva is chosen as one who gets to leave the refugee camp and move where?

a)

Memphis, TN

b)

Rochester, NY

c)

The Bronx

d)

Manhattan

20.

While in the U.S., Salva gets an email from his cousin. What's the email about?

a)

They have found Salva's uncle.

b)

They have found Marial.

c)

They have found Salva's father.

d)

The war has ended.

21.

Something is being built in Nya's village that makes her very excited. What is it?

a)

Justice

b)

A school

c)

Wal Mart

d)

New houses

22.

Why was there a war in South Sudan?

a)

The government was forcing all people to speak Arabic.

b)

The government wanted all of Sudan to become Muslim, but the people in the south had different religions and did not want to practice Islam.

c)

The government wanted all tribes to send their daughters to school.

d)

The government and Dinka tribes were fighting over water rights.

23.

Why did Nya ask her father, "All the children Papa? The girls too?"

a)

She did not want to give up her job of walking all day to get water.

b)

She did not want to go to school.

c)

Girls had not been allowed to attend school in the past, so she was excited.

d)

She thought the girls would not get any of the water from the new well.

24.

Who is in charge of the well that Nya meets at the end of the book?

a)

Marial

b)

Kuol

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Salva

25.

Where did Salva sleep the night his village was attacked?

a)

a barn

b)

outside under the stars

c)

in a tent

d)

on the sand near a lake

26.

Salva led a group of boys to Kenya. How many boys did he lead and how long did it take?

a)

Over 1200 boys.

A year and a half.

b)

2 dozen boys.

Six months.

c)

120 boys.
2 weeks.

d)

10,000 boys.

One year.

27.

How did the people in Nya's village refer to the drill being used to dig the well?

a)

A lion.

b)

A red bull.

c)

A red giraffe.

d)

A red gazelle.

28.

What made Akeer, Nya's sister, so sick?

a)

Bad food.

b)

Poisoned potatoes.

c)

Contaminated water.

d)

Clean water.

29.

Which river did Salva and the others have to cross to eventually get to Ethiopia?

a)

The Mississippi River.

b)

The Nile River.

c)

The River Styx.

d)

The River Thames.

30.

What lesson did Salva's uncle teach him that is also a theme of the entire book?

a)

Live life day by day, solving one problem at a time.

b)

Always look out for yourself first.

c)

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

d)

Do not trust people who are different from you.