Worksheets"A Long Walk to Water" Assessment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
The protagonists of "A Long Walk to Water" are:
a)
Marial and Nya
b)
Uncle and Nuer
c)
Salva and Nya
d)
Uncle and Marial
2.
How does Salva change by the end of the story?
a)
He learns that helping others is pointless.
b)
Salva becomes violent and learns that war is always the answer.
c)
Salva becomes a determined leader who learns how to help others.
d)
Salva learns that he never wants to return to Sudan ever again.
3.
What is the main setting of this story?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sudan
c)
England
d)
Canada
4.
The exposition of this story explains:
a)
Salva goes to America as a "Lost Boy"
b)
Salva's father is alive and wanted to visit him
c)
Uncle dies
d)
Nya and Salva are both from Sudan, and have different personal challenges.
5.
After facing numerous challenges and dangers during his journey as a "Lost Boy," Salva decides to give back to his country through the wells project. This turning point is known as the ____________ of the story.
a)
rising action
b)
resolution
c)
falling action
d)
climax
6.
Throughout most of the story Salva walks for extended periods through dangerous terrain in Sudan, facing increasing challenges like hunger, thirst, attacks by wild animals, and encounters with dangerous groups. These are part of the......
a)
expositon
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
7.
At the end of the story the reader learns that it was Salva who was working to bring clean water to Nya's tribe when on the last page it says, "I'm Salva". This is the....
a)
resolution
b)
expositon
c)
climax
d)
rising action
8.
After the turning point of the story, Salva begins speaking to groups of people to raise money for his project. This is part of the __________ of the story.
a)
resolution
b)
falling action
c)
expostion
d)
rising action
9.
Nya's job each day is to:
a)
care for her sister
b)
get water
c)
tend the cattle
d)
cook and clean
10.
How does Salva give back to his country?
a)
He sends them money after becoming a successful businessman
b)
He persuades the soldiers to stop fighting
c)
He creates an organization that builds wells in remote villages
d)
He creates an organization that sends food to villages
11.
One of the themes of A Long Walk to Water is that patience and determination can help you reach our goals. Which quote below shows that theme?
a)
"The water...seeped in so slowly that it took a long time to collect even a few gourdsful. Nya would crouch by the hole, waiting. Waiting for water. Here, for hours at a time. And every day for five long months"
b)
"Nya put the container down and sat on the ground. She always tried not to step on the spiky plants that grew along the path, but their thorns littered the ground everywhere"
c)
"Nya was still making the two daily trips to the pond. Each time she returned, she could see that slowly but surely the patch of cleared earth was growing larger"
12.
Why does the author use two different fonts and colors in the novel, A Long Walk to Water?
a)
to show a difference between the two story lines of Salva and Nya
b)
to keep the reader’s attention while reading the novel
c)
to give the reader a summary of the upcoming chapter
d)
to distinguish between what is important and what isn’t
13.
On page 8, the author writes, “Boom.” What type of figurative language is this?
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
onomatopoeia
14.
On page 36, the author wrote, “As Salva spoke, Uncle nodded or shook his head. His face became very solemn when Salva told him that he had not seen or heard a single word of his family in all that time.”In this excerpt, solemn most likely means…
a)
animated
b)
serious
c)
disgruntled
d)
hard to read
15.
Why does the author use italics on page 60?
a)
to show Salva's thinking
b)
to show screaming
c)
to show advice given from Uncle
d)
to show Uncle's thinking
16.
On page 95, the author writes, “The frigid air hit Salva’s face like a slap.” What literary device did the author use?
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
onomatopoeia
17.
On page 64, the author writes, “The earth was dry and rock-hard. Nya felt puzzled and doubtful: How could there be water in such a place? And when she asked Dep that question, he shook his head. She could see the doubt in his eyes too.” What does doubt mean?
a)
suspicion
b)
trust
c)
scared
d)
honest
18.
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.
19.
What point of view is this story told in?
a)
1st Person
b)
2nd Person
c)
3rd Person Limited
d)
3rd Person Omniscient
20.
I know the point of view because...
a)
I know what SOME characters are thinking.
b)
I know what ALL characters are thinking.
c)
The whole story is told from Nya and Salva's point of view. They say I, me, and we as they tell the story.
d)
The story is told as if you, the reader, are a character in the story. It says "you" a lot.
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