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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 the lieutenant reading at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Julius Caeser.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Macbeth.

2. What did the older women call Ishmael at his name-giving ceremony?
(a) Little husband.
(b) Sweet one.
(c) Child of God.
(d) Noisemaker.

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

4. Where was Musa's mother when Mattru Jong was attacked?
(a) Market.
(b) River.
(c) Yard.
(d) Home.

5. During the second dry season of Ishmael's war years, how often did they stop during a three-day journey to a village they wanted to take over?
(a) Four times a day.
(b) Once a day.
(c) Three times a day.
(d) Twice a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Alhaji react when he had withdrawal symptoms?

2. How many men were found shot in the village where Ishamel met Gasemu?

3. In the story Musa told, what dish did Bra Spider's village made?

4. In Chapter 13, who was the second of Ishmael's friends to die?

5. What did Esther give Ishmael when he saw her a second time in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

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

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

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

6. What did Ishmael find infuriating at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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