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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. n Chapter 15, how long had Ishmael been fighting?
(a) 26 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 18 months.

2. How many weeks did it take Ishmael to recover from the injury he remembered receiving in Chapter 17?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

3. In Chapter 14, how was the rebel who shot one of the boys killed?
(a) Bullet to chest.
(b) Bullet to head.
(c) Slit throat.
(d) Bayonet to stomach.

4. What did the boys wear in Chapter 13?
(a) Khaki shorts and green T-shirts.
(b) Army shorts and green T-shirts.
(c) Uniforms.
(d) Camouflage.

5. What color head ties did the boys wear in Chapter 13?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

6. What did Esther give Ishmael when he saw her a second time in Chapter 17?
(a) Walkman and a cassette.
(b) Money.
(c) Soccer jersey.
(d) Book.

7. 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.

8. How many men were found shot in the village where Ishamel met Gasemu?
(a) More than 20.
(b) 11.
(c) 19.
(d) About 15.

9. In Chapter 10, what did Saidu say he was doing?
(a) Trying to cope.
(b) Dying slowly.
(c) Just surviving.
(d) Looking for hope.

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

11. What rank was the soldier who was in the room after Ishmael had been in the hospital in Chapter 16?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) General.

12. What little did Ishmael know about his uncle who lived in Freetown?
(a) His occupation.
(b) Name and occupation.
(c) His name and his wife's name.
(d) An old address.

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

14. In Chapter 13, which boy fell backward because he had taken too much ammunition?
(a) Alhaji.
(b) Kanei.
(c) Moriba.
(d) Sheku.

15. Where was Musa's mother when Mattru Jong was attacked?
(a) River.
(b) Yard.
(c) Home.
(d) Market.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the boys was shot in Chapter 14, after a man with a beard was shot in the head?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what day did the corporal tell the boys to take off training?

3. What would Ishmael's grandmother call him because of his tricks?

4. In Chapter 11, what was one of the rebels carrying?

5. In Chapter 16, what was the only things the boys would do that the civilians asked them to do?

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