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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Alhaji when the rebels attacked Mattru Jong?
(a) Market.
(b) School.
(c) Friend's home.
(d) River.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what day did the corporal tell the boys to take off training?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

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

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

5. In Chapter 13, who was the second of Ishmael's friends to die?
(a) Alhaji.
(b) Moriba.
(c) Kanei.
(d) Musa.

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

7. What time was the food ready for Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?
(a) 5 p.m.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Noon.
(d) 9 a.m.

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

9. How old was Ishmael in Chapter 15?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

10. How did Alhaji react when he had withdrawal symptoms?
(a) Kicked the wall.
(b) Started fights.
(c) Punched a cement pillar.
(d) Writhed on the floor.

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

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

13. What would Ishmael's grandmother give him to eat when he awoke in the hammock at her farm?
(a) Banana.
(b) Cucumber.
(c) Orange.
(d) Papaya.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What production had taken place at the place where there was one large house and a kitchen?

2. 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?

3. Who was the first to begin crying in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 10, what did men catch during a hunt?

5. During the battle in Chapter 13, who did Ishmael hear scream?

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