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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color gown did the iman wear at Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

3. At the end of Chapter 13, how long was it before Ishmael could sleep?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) A week.
(d) 6 days.

4. In Chapter 16, what was the only things the boys would do that the civilians asked them to do?
(a) Play soccer.
(b) Eat.
(c) Swim.
(d) Sleep.

5. In Chapter 10, what did men catch during a hunt?
(a) Porcupine and deer.
(b) Chimpanzees.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) Wild dogs and bushbuck.

6. Who was the first to begin crying in Chapter 11?
(a) Jumah.
(b) Kanei.
(c) Moriba.
(d) Aljahi.

7. What would Ishmael's grandmother call him because of his tricks?
(a) Spider.
(b) Dog.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Cat.

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

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

10. How many weeks did it take Ishmael to recover from the injury he remembered receiving in Chapter 17?
(a) 5 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 weeks.

11. Who gave a speech near the end of Chapter 14 saying the soldiers were there to protect civilians?
(a) A private.
(b) An older boy.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Lieutenant.

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

13. Near the end of Chapter 14, when might the boys leave for war?
(a) While studying.
(b) While playing.
(c) While eating.
(d) In the middle of a movie.

14. 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) General.
(d) Lieutenant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how long had Ishmael been at Bennin Home?

2. How would Ishmael's father try to get him to take a shower?

3. In Chapter 12, when Ishmael and the others were captured at gunpoint, how many men were on the ground with uniforms soaked in blood?

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

5. 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?

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