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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Ishmael and his brother wait at the wharf hoping to see their families or someone else from their village in Chapter 1?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

2. In Chapter 4, how long did the six boys walks together on a tiny path?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) Several.
(d) 2.

3. What was the name of the village where the boys first acted as guards and then farm workers?
(a) Kamator.
(b) Kangbe.
(c) Rogbin.
(d) Rokoray.

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

5. What time did Ishmael, his brother, and friend arrive at his grandmother's village?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Noon.
(c) 4 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

6. When the rebels took the boys to the village in Chapter 5, how many people were rounded up to watch?
(a) Around 20.
(b) 11.
(c) Over 15.
(d) 29.

7. What was the only food the boys found in Khalilou's house in Chapter 4?
(a) Rotten food.
(b) Raw rice.
(c) Coconuts.
(d) Bananas.

8. How old was Kanei, one of the boys, Ishmael encountered in Chapter 8?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

9. What type of farms were near Ishmael's grandmother's village?
(a) Maize.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Sugar.

10. When Ishmael left the swamp in Chapter 7, what did he stuff in his pockets?
(a) Maize.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Coconut.
(d) Peanuts.

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

12. How far did families come from when they walked through Ishmael's village?
(a) 150 miles.
(b) Hundred of miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 500 miles.

13. How far did Ishmael, his brother, and friend have to walk to Mattru jong?
(a) 16 miles.
(b) 12 miles.
(c) 6 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

14. When did Sierra Leone gain independence?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1971.

15. In Chapter 9, what game did Ishmael and the other boys play by the ocean?
(a) Tag.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Marbles.
(d) Kick the can.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, how often did Ishmael take a bath?

2. In Chapter 3, how long was the majority of the population of Mattru Jong in hiding?

3. Who would climb trees in Chapter 4, to get something to eat?

4. What time was a curfew set for in Mattru Jong after Mogbwemo was attached?

5. How wide was the path that the six boys walked in Chapter 4?

(see the answer keys)

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