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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 8, how often did Ishmael take a bath?

2. How old was Kanei, one of the boys, Ishmael encountered in Chapter 8?

3. in what country near Ishmael's village was a war going on?

4. How many bodies were near the old man on a verandah in Chapter 4?

5. What did the rebels do to the Iman in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Ishmael's best friend leave home with Ishmael and the others at the beginning of the book?

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

3. In Chapter 8, what was the worst thing for Ishmael about being in the forest?

4. From whom did the boys steal food at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What did Ishmael and Junior see when they went back to Kabati?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 4, why did the boys return to Mattru Jong?

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

8. Why did Ishmael leave home in 1993?

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

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

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 and the boys first found safety and then war in Yele. Why was Yele the beginning of the loss of the boys' childhood?

Essay Topic 3

Ishamel had to travel and live alone for awhile. How did that experience affect him emotionally and why?

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