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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, how many languages did Ishmael and the other boys know?

2. In Chapter 4, when the boys and the other people who had entered the town together returned to the swamp, how many crossed at a time?

3. How long did Ishmael and his brother wait at the wharf hoping to see their families or someone else from their village in Chapter 1?

4. How wide was the path that the six boys walked in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter 7, how many homes were burned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What saved the boys when they were captured by guards near a village in Chapter 6?

2. What did Ishmael remember in Chapter 2?

3. How was Ishmael, his brother, and their friends introduced to rap music?

4. In Chapter 4, what did the boys find at Khalilou's house?

5. In Chapter 4, how did the boys and other people cross the swamp to get away from Mattru Jong?

6. How did a fisherman help Ishmael and the other boys he began traveling with in Chapter 9?

7. Why did Ishmael's friends in Mattru Jong come home early from school?

8. Why did Ishmael leave home in 1993?

9. What did the boys take with them when they went to Mattru Jong?

10. How did Ishmael describe being hungry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eventually Mattru Jong was attacked by rebels. How did Ishmael, Junior, and their friends survive the attack on Mattru Jong?

Essay Topic 2

Ishmael was tormented by memories of war. Why was Ishmael tormented by the memories, and how did he finally deal with them?

Essay Topic 3

Ishmael's father had a statement that there was hope for a better day if someone was still alive. What did Ishmael's father mean when he said that there was hope if you were still alive?

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