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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 was Ishmael's nickname when he was a soldier?
(a) Green Snake.
(b) Yellow Snake.
(c) Little Rambo.
(d) Fearless.

2. What did a nurse give Ishmael at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) Coca-Cola.
(b) Shot.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Migraine medicine.

3. In Chapter 18, how long had Ishmael been at Bennin Home?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. What did Esther buy Alhaji when they took Ishmael to the hospital for an examination?
(a) Rugby jersey.
(b) Food.
(c) Cassette tape.
(d) Soccer jersey.

5. What did Ishmael perform at a talent show in Chapter 18?
(a) A song.
(b) Monologue from Julius Ceaser.
(c) A dance.
(d) A play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the older women call Ishmael at his name-giving ceremony?

2. What color head ties did the boys wear in Chapter 13?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 13, what day did the corporal tell the boys to take off training?

4. What did Ishmael see by the river in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 11, how many villages did the rebels say they burned that day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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