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

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

3. How did Ishmael recognize Gasemu in Chapter 11?
(a) By his missing front tooth.
(b) By his missing ear lobe.
(c) By a scar on his leg.
(d) By a scar on his arm.

4. What village were Ishmael and the others taken to in Chapter 13?
(a) Koidu.
(b) Lunsar.
(c) Makeni.
(d) Yele.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take the boys to withdraw from the drugs in Chapter 16?

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

3. Who gave a speech near the end of Chapter 14 saying the soldiers were there to protect civilians?

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

5. In Chapter 10, how many people ate from each plate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Josiah die?

2. What was the extent of Ishmael's thoughts at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

4. What was the purpose of Ishmael's unit when he was a junior lieutenant?

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

6. What type of contest was held at the end of Chapter 14?

7. What did Ishmael and the others do in the daytime in Chapter 14?

8. In Chapter 10, what was one of the most unsettling things about Ishmael's journey?

9. What did Saidu say about death?

10. What happened to Mambu after Ishmael left the center?

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