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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Ishmael do in Chapter 16 when he had migraines?
(a) Steal pills.
(b) Roll around on the floor.
(c) Bang his head on the wall.
(d) Fight.

2. How did Ishmael recognize Gasemu in Chapter 11?
(a) By his missing ear lobe.
(b) By his missing front tooth.
(c) By a scar on his arm.
(d) By a scar on his leg.

3. How long did Bra Spider fast before the feasts held in the villages?
(a) A week.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

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

5. During the battle in Chapter 13, who did Ishmael hear scream?
(a) Josiah.
(b) Sheku.
(c) Kanei.
(d) Jumah.

6. What did Ishmael think he could hear at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Father's voice.
(b) Mother's voice.
(c) Lansana's singing.
(d) Grandmother's singing.

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

8. In Chapter 14, what did the boys eat as they followed a path?
(a) Smoked meat and cassava.
(b) Sardines and corned beef.
(c) Rice and fish.
(d) Bananas and oranges.

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

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

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

12. What was the name of the girl that Esther reminded Ishmael of?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Becky.
(d) Abigail.

13. 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.

14. When Ishmael was a junior lieutenant, how many boys were in his unit?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. In Chapter 10 when the boys left the village that had been so kind to them, what did they carry?
(a) Cooked rice.
(b) Water and meat.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Cassava.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. Where were Ishmael and the other boys taken in Chapter 15?

4. What would Ishmael's grandmother give him to eat when he awoke in the hammock at her farm?

5. In Chapter 13, who was the second of Ishmael's friends to die?

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