Q 01/05

The 'Lost Boys' label for displaced Sudanese children may derive from which classic children's story?

A) Peter Pan

B) Oliver Twist

C) The Jungle Book

D) Treasure Island

Answer · why

A) Peter Pan

Peter Pan is the likely origin: aid workers in the refugee camps borrowed Barrie's name for his band of parentless boys, and Salva becomes one of them...

Q 02/05

Before it became a novel, Salva's story first appeared in what form, illustrated by Jim Averbeck?

A) A magazine story

B) A newspaper serial

C) A comic book

D) A picture book

Answer · why

B) A newspaper serial

A newspaper serial, drawn by Jim Averbeck, was the story's original form; Park now recommends Averbeck for classroom visits about the book because he ...

Q 03/05

What food does an old Dinka woman give the exhausted Salva after the first group leaves him behind?

A) Peanuts

B) Dried fish

C) Sorghum porridge

D) Mangoes

Answer · why

A) Peanuts

Peanuts from an old Dinka woman keep Salva going after the first group abandons him as too small to keep up; he then finds new travellers and a friend...

Q 04/05

Salva's father needed surgery for which waterborne parasite, the news that set Salva drilling wells?

A) Tapeworm

B) Hookworm

C) Guinea worm

D) Liver fluke

Answer · why

C) Guinea worm

Guinea worm had infected his father after years of drinking stagnant water, and it was this news that pushed Salva to found Water for South Sudan.

Q 05/05

The title of A Long Walk to Water recalls the autobiography of which African leader?

A) Nelson Mandela

B) Desmond Tutu

C) Kofi Annan

D) Jomo Kenyatta

Answer · why

A) Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela called his memoir Long Walk to Freedom, and Booklist's starred review suggested that teachers point out the allusion in Park's title.