A Long Walk to Water Chapters 1 and 2

The story is told from which point of view?

• 1st

• 3rd person through Nya

• 2nd person

• 3rd person through Nya or Salva depending on who the author is focusing on

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Chapters 1 and 2 are mostly like which of the following stories?

• Holes (Stanley is sent to jail for kids for stealing shoes)

• Woods Runner (Samuel's family is captured by British soldiers and the Iroquois. Samuel must walk through the wilderness to rescue them.)

• Black Beauty (Beauty, the horse, is passed from one owner to the next. Some are cruel, some are kind.)

• The Sign of the Beaver (Matt is left in the wilderness while his father leaves to get the rest of the family.)

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What do Nya and Salva's story have in common?

• They both are alone

• They both have had hardships and adversity

• They both can't find their family

• They both do not have water

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which word best describes Nya?

• Patient

• lazy

• dull

• happy

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Read this passage from Chapter 2: "Even before he was fully awake, he could tell something was wrong." This can best be described as a

• Flash forward

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Read this passage from Chapter 1: "There was only heat, the sun already baking the air, even though it was long before noon." What does the metaphor "baking the air" mean?

• The sun cooled the air down

• The sun made it brighter

• The sun made the air hot

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which is a synonym of the vocab word "veer"?

• focus

• flip

• leave

• turn

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sentence uses "drone" correctly?

• My little sister droned on about her boring toys.

• I droned when I excitedly said hello to my friends.

• She had a drone in her throat

• She always was enthusiastic when she talked. She droned on every day.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4