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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rebels capture the boys in Chapter 5?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. How old was Ishmael the first time he was touched by war?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

3. In Chapter 4, where did the boys sleep?
(a) Piles of brush.
(b) Abandoned villages.
(c) Trees.
(d) Bushes.

4. What stories would the families tell who walked through Ishmael's village?
(a) Fighting in the streets.
(b) Relatives killed; homes burned.
(c) Life before the war.
(d) The soldiers.

5. At the end of Chapter 5, how long did Ishmael, Junior, and their friends lie in the forest hiding?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) About an hour and a half.
(c) Almost an hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Ishmael, his brother, and friend have to walk to Mattru jong?

2. What time did Ishmael, his brother, and friend arrive at his grandmother's village?

3. At the beginning of the book, what were the only wars Ishmael had heard about?

4. When Ishmael and his brother returned to his grandmother's village, what type of vehicle did a man drive up with his dead family inside?

5. In Chapter 5, what did the boy's mother that they stole from give the six boys later?

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