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A Long Walk to Water Chapter 1-3 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How old does the novel say that Salva is in Chapter 1?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

11

d)

9

2.

What happens while Salva is in school listening to the teacher drone on with the lesson?

a)

The teacher calls him out for sleeping

b)

He hears gunshots outside in his village

c)

His friend gets in trouble and sent to the village leader

d)

His father comes to collect him because danger is near

3.

What happens to Nya on her walk in Chapter 2?

a)

She encounters a lion

b)

She stops to talk to a friend who is also walking

c)

She is ambushed by soldiers

d)

She gets a thorn stuck in the bottom of her foot

4.

As Salva is forced to run into the wilderness, what thought keeps coming to his mind over and over again?

a)

He is wondering where his family is and if he will see them again

b)

He is thinking that this is all a big mistake and they need to go back to the school

c)

He is wondering how the teacher is doing back at the school

d)

He is thinking that he left his school books laying on hte ground

5.

What is the purpose for Nya's walk each day?

a)

She is trying to get away from her family

b)

She is going to get food each day

c)

She is walking to the market to sell her family's goods

d)

She is walking to get water

6.

Why did the group decide to leave Salva while he was sleeping?

a)

He was hurt and couldn't continue

b)

He was a child

c)

He begged for food too much

d)

He needed to be returned to his mother and father.

7.

What tribe is Salva from?

a)

Dinka

b)

Nuer

c)

Sudanese

d)

South Sudanese

8.

Why do the Dinka and the Nuer tribes have a long history of trouble?

a)

They have been fighting over the village leaders.

b)

They fight over the land and water

c)

They speak different languages

d)

They have no feud with each other

9.

Why does the old woman tell Salva that he can no longer stay with her?

a)

She is running out of food

b)

She has no water

c)

She knows that she will be safer by herself

d)

He is mean to her

10.

At the end of Chapter 3, Salva is sitting in the barn by himself. What does he hear off in the distance?

a)

Lions roaring

b)

Dogs barking

c)

People's voices

d)

Gunshots