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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 production had taken place at the place where there was one large house and a kitchen?
(a) Cassava drying.
(b) Drying meat.
(c) Rope making.
(d) Palm oil.

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

3. Where was Jumah stationed in Chapter 15?
(a) Moyamba.
(b) Koidu.
(c) Bauya.
(d) Kenema.

4. How would Ishmael's father try to get him to take a shower?
(a) Throw him in the river.
(b) Take his clothes.
(c) Drag him to the shower.
(d) Chase him with cold water.

5. What little did Ishmael know about his uncle who lived in Freetown?
(a) His name and his wife's name.
(b) Name and occupation.
(c) An old address.
(d) His occupation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rank was the soldier who was in the room after Ishmael had been in the hospital in Chapter 16?

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

3. What took the boys' meat in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 14, how many boys were picked for a killing demonstration?

5. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

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

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

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

6. What happened in January 1996?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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