Character
Setting
Themes
Plot
Vocabulary
100

Who is the main character in "A Long Walk to Water"?

Who is Salva?

100

In the Dinka language, the Atuot are called “the people of” what?

What is the lion?

100

What is a major theme in "A Long Walk to Water"?

WHat is perseverance (one of our virtues)  

100

How old are Nya and Salva when their stories start?

What is eleven?

100

To be filled with wonder or admiration

What is marvel

200

What is the name of the girl who collects water in the story?

Who is Nya?

200

In which country does "A Long Walk to Water" primarily take place?

What is Southern Sudan?

200

What lesson does Salva learn about leadership?

What is that it involves responsibility and selflessness?

200

How many refugees die in the Gilo river?

What is 1000?

200

A lack of money or resources for basic needs

What is poverty

300

Which character becomes a leader among the group of refugees?

Who is Salva

300

 What challenges does Salva face in his journey?

 What are hunger, danger, and exhaustion?

300

What was the advice that kept Salva going in the dessert?

What is just make it to that bush?

300

Why do Salva and the boys leave the refugee camp at Kakuma?

It is a dreadful place

300

The news of the teacher’s passing was heartbreaking, and the whole school ______________________ her loss.

What is mourned

400

What significant event happens to Salva's family?

What is they are separated during the war?

400

How does the setting change throughout Salva's journey?

What is from rural villages to refugee camps?

400

How are Nya’s sister and Salva’s father connected?

What is They both get sick of the same illness caused by drinking infected water. It is this connection that makes Salva want to build wells.

400

What happened to Salva's friend, Marial?

what is he was eaten by a lion?

400

A foggy or misty condition that makes it hard to see clearly

What is haze

500

What tribe is Salva from?

What is Dinka?

500

How do the refugees cross the Nile?

What is In canoes they make themselves.

500

Why are Salva and the boys called “The Lost Boys” in America?

What is because they have lost their homes. They have lost their families. They have been lost, wandering around, before coming to the refugee camps.

500

Why do the people of Salva’s village abandon him in the barn in Chapter 3?

What is They abandon him because he is a child who might tire easily and slow them down. He might cause trouble or complain about being hungry 

500

The twist at the end of the movie was so ______________________ that I had to rewatch it to understand what happened.

What is vague