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

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what day did the corporal tell the boys to take off training?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

5. In Chapter 13, who was the second of Ishmael's friends to die?
(a) Kanei.
(b) Moriba.
(c) Musa.
(d) Alhaji.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a nurse give Ishmael at the beginning of Chapter 17?

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

3. How old was Ishmael in Chapter 15?

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

5. Why did Ishmael get admitted to the hospital iat the beginning of Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the boys act as their war memories began to return?

2. Why didn't the boys carry food and water during their first fight in Chapter 13?

3. How did the boys get cash in Chapters 16-18?

4. How did Ishmael become a spokesman for Bennin Home?

5. How did Ishmael describe a place he called a very peculiar village?

6. How did Josiah die?

7. When Esther and Leslie took Ishmael and Alhaji to the city for Ishmael's examination, what presents were bought for the boys?

8. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

9. After UNICEF came to take them, why were the boys allowed to wander aimlessly about their new environment the first week they were there?

10. What did Saidu say about death?

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