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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. How is Jewiir related to Salva?

2. How many days does it take Salva's group to build enough canoes to cross the river in Chapter 7?

3. What is the name of Salva's younger brother who is in charge of just one cow in Chapter 1?

4. What does Salva imagine stripping the corpses of the men in the desert in Chapter 10?

5. How far is the big lake from Nya's village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main setting of A Long Walk to Water?

2. How does Nya feel about the time that her family spends at the camp?

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

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

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

6. What animals pose the greatest threat to Salva and the others as they travel in Chapter 5? Why?

7. Why does Buksa stray from the group in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. How are the chapters in A Long Walk to Water structured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of A Long Walk to Water. Where in the story does the exposition transition to rising action? Where does the climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of family in A Long Walk to Water. What does family mean to Salva? What does it mean to Nya? How does the theme of family evolve in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Nya's character in A Long Walk to Water. How old is Nya? Where does she live? What is Nya's family like? How does Nya's character change in the course of the story?

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