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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Buksa lead Salva to in Chapter 4?

2. What are the names of Salva's sisters?

3. What is the name of Nya's older brother who goes with her father to hunt at the lake camp?

4. What does Jewiir say likely happened to Salva's village in Chapter 10?

5. How far is Salva's school said to be from his home in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the nurse's advice appear impossible to Nya and her mother in Chapter 8?

2. What has caused the terror that consumes Salva in Chapter 7?

3. From what narrative point of view is A Long Walk to Water related?

4. What does Jewiir do in order to keep Salva going along with the group in Chapter 9?

5. Where does Salva flee when he leaves the school in Chapter 1? Why?

6. What role does Jewiir assume within Salva's group in Chapter 6? Why?

7. Why does Nya's family stay at the camp for part of the year? Where is the camp located?

8. What happens at nightfall while Salva's group is on the island in Chapter 8?

9. Who are the dwellers on the island in Chapter 8? How is this setting described?

10. What body of water does Salva's group reach in Chapter 7? How do they prepare to cross it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the character of Buksa in the novel. From what tribe is Buksa? What leads Buksa to linger away from the group while they travel? How does Salva feel about Buksa?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in A Long Walk to Water. What are examples of dramatic irony in the story? How is verbal irony employed? What are examples of situational irony? How does each example serve the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the history of politics and conflict in South Sudan from the 1980s to today. When did the Second Sudanese Civil War begin? What caused the war? When did it end?

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