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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the boys do with the school books when they were first given them in Chapter 16?
(a) Put them in the showers.
(b) Burned them.
(c) Buried them.
(d) Urinated on them.

2. Where was Jumah stationed in Chapter 15?
(a) Koidu.
(b) Bauya.
(c) Kenema.
(d) Moyamba.

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

4. 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.

5. How many men were found shot in the village where Ishamel met Gasemu?
(a) More than 20.
(b) 19.
(c) 11.
(d) About 15.

6. What was Ishmael's nickname when he was a soldier?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Yellow Snake.
(c) Little Rambo.
(d) Green Snake.

7. 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.

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

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

10. What did the older women call Ishmael at his name-giving ceremony?
(a) Sweet one.
(b) Little husband.
(c) Child of God.
(d) Noisemaker.

11. How many watches did some of the dead rebels wear in Chapter 13?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

12. What did Esther buy Alhaji when they took Ishmael to the hospital for an examination?
(a) Soccer jersey.
(b) Food.
(c) Rugby jersey.
(d) Cassette tape.

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

14. Which two boys realized in Chapter 13 that they were not training any longer?
(a) Ishmael and Alhaji.
(b) Ishmael and Musa.
(c) Kanei and Juman.
(d) Alhaji and Kanei.

15. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) January 1996.
(b) March 1996.
(c) June 1995.
(d) April 1997.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what was one of the rebels carrying?

2. In the story Musa told, what dish did Bra Spider's village made?

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

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

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

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