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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, when the boys returned to a crowded village, how did they get food to eat?
(a) Friends gave them some.
(b) A priest gave them some.
(c) Bought it.
(d) Stole it.

2. In Chapter 4, how did the old man that the boys saw on a verandah die?
(a) Bullet to the chest.
(b) Bullet to the forehead.
(c) Machete.
(d) Grenade.

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

4. What type of farm did the boys ravage for awhile because they were so hungry?
(a) Sweet potato.
(b) Cassava.
(c) Rice.
(d) Maize.

5. When Ishmael and his brother returned to his grandmother's village, what type of vehicle did a man drive up with his dead family inside?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Ford.
(d) Volvo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the boys go back to Mattru Jong in Chapter 4?

2. What was the name of the village where the boys first acted as guards and then farm workers?

3. What time did Ishmael, his brother, and friend arrive at his grandmother's village?

4. What color handkerchiefs did rebels wear in Chapter 4?

5. What was on either side of the path the boys walked at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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