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

2. What time did Ishmael, his brother, and friend arrive at his grandmother's village?

3. In Chapter 3, how long was the majority of the population of Mattru Jong in hiding?

4. What did Junior and Ishmael have in their mouths when their father held a ceremony to bless their new home in Mogbwemo?

5. Where was Ishmael living in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the rebels send a message to the people of Mattru Jong in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 7, what food did Ishmael find as he walked away from the Kamator area?

3. How did Ishmael describe being hungry?

4. Why did Ishmael have to run for a half mile in Chapter 8?

5. How did the family of the person the boys stole from in Chapter 5 react?

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

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

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

9. How did the iman die in Chapter 7?

10. Why did Ishmael leave home in 1993?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The boys were starving in Chapters 4-5. Why was it such a challenge for them to find food?

Essay Topic 3

Kamator was attacked. What did Ishmael lose physically and emotionally due to the attack?

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