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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 fruit does Salva recall his father bringing home as a treat on his bicycle in Chapter 8?

2. How are the traditional scars of Salva's tribe described in Chapter 3?

3. How long does Jewiir say it will take to cross the desert in Chapter 9?

4. At around what age are the boys in Salva's family sent to school?

5. When the old woman leaves for a different village, she tells Salva that no matter where he walks to go away from what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nya's character introduced in Chapter 1? How old is Nya?

2. What happens as Salva's group begins to roast the stork after crossing the desert in Chapter 10?

3. What does Auntie give to Salva before he departs in Chapter 4? Why?

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

5. With whom do the strangers speak when they arrive in Nya's village in Cahpter 9? What are they presumably discussing?

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

7. How is Marial's character described when he is introduced?

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

9. What is the catalytic event that sets off Salva's story in Chapter 1?

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

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

Describe and discuss the character of Marial in the novel. Where does Salva meet Marial? In what ways are these characters similar? How are they different? What happens to Marial?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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