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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of vehicle did Esther come in when she and two men came to take Ishmael to the hospital for his examination?

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

4. What folk tale did Musa tell in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 10 when the boys left the village that had been so kind to them, what did they carry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was it like in Yele when the boys first arrived?

3. How did Ishmael become a spokesman for Bennin Home?

4. How did the boys act as their war memories began to return?

5. How did Ishmael describe a place he called a very peculiar village?

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

7. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

8. Why didn't the boys carry food and water during their first fight in Chapter 13?

9. What happened in January 1996?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kamator was attacked. What did Ishmael lose physically and emotionally due to the attack?

Essay Topic 2

At first war was just a distant rumor. How did war became real for Ishmael?

Essay Topic 3

Eventually Mattru Jong was attacked by rebels. How did Ishmael, Junior, and their friends survive the attack on Mattru Jong?

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