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

2. When the rebels took the boys to the village in Chapter 5, how many people were rounded up to watch?
(a) 11.
(b) 29.
(c) Over 15.
(d) Around 20.

3. What was on either side of the path the boys walked at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Bushes.
(c) Tall trees.
(d) Swamp.

4. How wide was the path that the six boys walked in Chapter 4?
(a) A half a foot.
(b) 20 inches.
(c) A foot.
(d) 18 inches.

5. Where was Ishmael living in Chapter 2?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ishmael first touched by war?

2. in what country near Ishmael's village was a war going on?

3. What color handkerchiefs did rebels wear in Chapter 4?

4. Why wouldn't the families who had walked to Ishmael's village stay there?

5. What stories would the families tell who walked through Ishmael's village?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Ishmael leave home in 1993?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what food did Ishmael find as he walked away from the Kamator area?

5. How did Ishmael decide to eat the fruit he found in the forest in Chapter 8?

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

7. Why did Ishmael's friends in Mattru Jong come home early from school?

8. What saved the boys when they were captured by guards near a village in Chapter 6?

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

10. In Chapter 8, what was the worst thing for Ishmael about being in the forest?

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