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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a man use to relieve the pain in the boys' feet in Chapter 9?
(a) Cool water.
(b) Steamed grass.
(c) Wet clothes.
(d) Mashed herbs.

2. In Chapter 7, how many days did Ishmael walk from dawn to dusk and see no one?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

3. In Chapter 4, where did the boys sleep?
(a) Piles of brush.
(b) Trees.
(c) Abandoned villages.
(d) Bushes.

4. What did the rebels do to the Iman in Chapter 7?
(a) Hung him.
(b) Decapitated him.
(c) Burned him.
(d) Attacked him with a machete.

5. Who taught Ishmael and Junior about medicinal leaves and tree bark?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how long did Ishmael and Kaloko hide in the bushes with a family?

2. In Chapter 6, how far away was Gibrilla's aunt?

3. In Chapter 8, how far did wild pigs chase Ishmael before he could climb a tree?

4. In Chapter 9, how many languages did Ishmael and the other boys know?

5. At the beginning of the book, what were the only wars Ishmael had heard about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Ishmael's best friend leave home with Ishmael and the others at the beginning of the book?

2. In Chapter 4, what did the boys see in Mattru Jong on a verandah?

3. How did Ishmael describe being hungry?

4. What was war like for Ishmael at the beginning of Chapter 1? Chapters 1-3

5. How did the family of the person the boys stole from in Chapter 5 react?

6. What did Ishmael remember in Chapter 2?

7. Why did Ishmael have to run for a half mile in Chapter 8?

8. How did the rebels send a message to the people of Mattru Jong in Chapter 3?

9. What did the boys take with them when they went to Mattru Jong?

10. Why did it cause problems for the boys to be together in a group?

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