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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the heaviest rainfalls in Sierra Leone?
(a) August, September, October.
(b) June, July, August.
(c) July, August, and September.
(d) May, June July.

2. What was the lieutenant reading at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Julius Caeser.

3. What folk tale did Musa tell in Chapter 10?
(a) Spider and the Hare.
(b) Bra Spider.
(c) The Gullah.
(d) Spider's Rope.

4. How long did it take the boys to withdraw from the drugs in Chapter 16?
(a) 12 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

5. In the story Musa told, what dish did Bra Spider's village made?
(a) Meat and rice.
(b) Rice and vegetables.
(c) Okra soup.
(d) Cassava leaves with meat, potato leaves.

6. When UNICEF came, how many boys were chosen to go?
(a) 12.
(b) 17.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

7. In Chapter 10 when the boys left the village that had been so kind to them, what did they carry?
(a) Cooked rice.
(b) Water and meat.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Cassava.

8. What did Ishmael perform at a talent show in Chapter 18?
(a) A play.
(b) Monologue from Julius Ceaser.
(c) A song.
(d) A dance.

9. Where was Ismael injured that caused him to be carried in a hammock for help?
(a) Right shoulder.
(b) Left foot.
(c) Right foot.
(d) Left shoulder.

10. How many months after Ishmael arrived did Ishmael's friend Mohamed arrive at Bennin Home?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

11. In Chapter 18, how long had Ishmael been at Bennin Home?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 months.

12. In Chapter 14, who won the killing competition?
(a) Jumah.
(b) Kanei.
(c) Ishmael.
(d) Alhaji.

13. In Chapter 16, what was the only things the boys would do that the civilians asked them to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Swim.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Play soccer.

14. In Chapter 10, what did men catch during a hunt?
(a) Wild dogs and bushbuck.
(b) Porcupine and deer.
(c) Chimpanzees.
(d) Wild pigs.

15. During the second dry season of Ishmael's war years, how often did they stop during a three-day journey to a village they wanted to take over?
(a) Three times a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Twice a day.
(d) Four times a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank was Ishmael given at the end of Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 13, who was the second of Ishmael's friends to die?

3. In Chapter 14, how many boys were picked for a killing demonstration?

4. In Chapter 14, what did the boys do at night?

5. In Chapter 14, how was the rebel who shot one of the boys killed?

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