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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. In what year does Nya's story start?

2. What is tied to the handle of Nya's water container?

3. From what tribe are the additional members that join Salva's group in Chapter 4?

4. Who has become ill in Chapter 7?

5. Who has been killed in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the symptoms of illness that Akeer exhibits in Chapter 10? What has caused her illness?

3. Where does Salva flee when he leaves the school in Chapter 1? Why?

4. What was the main cause for the outbreak of the Second Sudanese Civil War?

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

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

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

8. What does Jewiir do in order to keep Salva going along with the group in Chapter 9?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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