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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 does Salva's father bless him when they meet in Chapter 17?
2. Who are Salva's older brothers that he thinks of in Chapter 13?
3. Why does Nya frown after the water begins rushing from the hole in Chapter 14?
4. The narrator says in Chapter 15 that in the part of Africa where Salva grew up, the temperature rarely dropped below what?
5. For how long is "the air around Nya's home" filled with the sound of the drill, according to the narrator in the beginning of Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Salva almost die in Chapter 13?
2. Why does Salva call out to the woman in the orange headscarf in Chapater 12? What realization does he have when he does so?
3. How does Salva respond to the differences in his new home in Chapter 16?
4. What developments have been rumored in Nya's village after the well has been installed in Chapter 18?
5. How does the narrative style change in Chapter 18?
6. Who explains the drilling process to Nya in Chapter 15? How is the process explained?
7. How does Salva make his way to America?
8. What lesson does Salva remember whenever he becomes discouraged with his water project?
9. Who greets Salva when he arrives in America in Chapter 15? How are these characters described?
10. Where does Salva go when he reaches the refugee camp in Chapter 11? How is the camp described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the ultimate lesson that Salva learns from Jewiir in the desert? How does this lesson replay itself for Salva later on in life? How do you relate to this lesson?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Nya's mother dislike staying at the lake camp during the dry season? How does Nya's understanding of her mother's unhappiness affect her? How will the water pump affect Nya's trips to the lake?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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