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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) Swim.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Play soccer.

2. What would Ishmael do in Chapter 16 when he had migraines?
(a) Bang his head on the wall.
(b) Roll around on the floor.
(c) Steal pills.
(d) Fight.

3. How old was Ishmael in Chapter 15?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

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

5. What was slaughtered to eat for Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?
(a) Cow.
(b) Pig.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What village were Ishmael and the others taken to in Chapter 13?

3. What rank was Ishmael given at the end of Chapter 14?

4. Where was Jumah stationed in Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it like in Yele when the boys first arrived?

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

3. Who did Ishmael meet as they approached the village where his family might have been staying?

4. How did Josiah die?

5. Why weren't Ishmael and the other boys killed when the village was attacked where his family was staying?

6. In Chapter 13, what happened that made Ishmael get in the fight?

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

8. What would the boys and soldiers do in Chapter 14 if they ran out of food, drugs, ammunition, and gasoline?

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

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

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