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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Esther wearing when she and two men came to take Ishmael to the hospital for his examination?
(a) Jean skirt.
(b) Nurse's uniform.
(c) Flowered dress.
(d) White shirt and navy shirt.

2. Why did Ishmael get admitted to the hospital iat the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Got stabbed.
(b) Broke a glass window.
(c) Got beaten.
(d) Fainted from a migraine.

3. What did a nurse give Ishmael at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Migraine medicine.
(b) Shot.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Coca-Cola.

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

5. What was slaughtered to eat for Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?
(a) Deer.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Pig.
(d) Cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color head ties did the boys wear in Chapter 13?

2. n Chapter 15, how long had Ishmael been fighting?

3. In Chapter 14, what did the boys eat as they followed a path?

4. What did the older women call Ishmael at his name-giving ceremony?

5. In Chapter 10, how many people ate from each plate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the boys and soldiers do in Chapter 14 if they ran out of food, drugs, ammunition, and gasoline?

2. What was the extent of Ishmael's thoughts at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. Who did Ishmael meet as they approached the village where his family might have been staying?

4. Why weren't Ishmael and the other boys killed when the village was attacked where his family was staying?

5. What was the purpose of Ishmael's unit when he was a junior lieutenant?

6. How did Josiah die?

7. How did the boys get cash in Chapters 16-18?

8. What did Ishmael and the others do in the daytime in Chapter 14?

9. What did Saidu say about death?

10. What happened to Mambu after Ishmael left the center?

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