Long Walk to Water

Which one is true?

• Salva and Nya are both real people.

• Salva is a real person, while Nya is a character based on real people.

• Nya is a real person, while Salva is a character based on a real person.

• Neither Salva nor Nya are real people.

What tribe was Salva a member of?

• Dinka

• Nuer

• Loun-Arik

• Murle

Salva became the leader of a group that was eventually called the--

• Orphan Boys of Africa

• Lost Boys of Sudan

• Lost Boys of Africa

• Orphans of Sudan

What was Salva kept busy doing at the bank of the Nile?

• mending fishing nets to pay the fishermen for carrying him across the river

• keeping watch for soldiers while the men carried the women across the river

• gathering up cut stalks of papyrus grass and taking them to the boatbuilders

• catching fish in the river and helping the women clean them for cooking

What did Dep tell Nya about the Dinka who brought water to their village?

• He had drilled many wells for his own people.

• He had become rich playing basketball in America.

• He once had the sickness that came from the water.

• He had helped Dep survive the walk from the Ethiopian camp.

What is the name of the female, main character in the story?

• Akeer

• Salva

• Nya

• Mariel

What is the name of the male, main character in the story?

• Salva Dut Ariik

• Salma Dut Ariik

• Salba Put Ariik

• Salva Put Ariik

What country are both Nya and Salva from?

• Ethiopia 

• Southern Sudan

• Northern Sudan

• Kenya

What was the name of the village Salva was from?

• Loun-Ariik

• Dinka

• Louin-Akeer

• Nuer

What is the purpose of Nya's journey each day?

• To escape the war 

• To get water 

• To feed her family 

• To help her cousins