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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 16, what was the only things the boys would do that the civilians asked them to do?

2. In Chapter 10 when the boys left the village that had been so kind to them, what did they carry?

3. What time was the food ready for Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?

4. When Ishmael was a junior lieutenant, how many boys were in his unit?

5. What village were Ishmael and the others taken to in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happy time was had in Chapter 10?

2. What happened to the boy's meat in the peculiar village?

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

4. How did the boys get cash in Chapters 16-18?

5. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

6. Why weren't Ishmael and the other boys killed when the village was attacked where his family was staying?

7. What did Saidu say about death?

8. What was it like in Yele when the boys first arrived?

9. What happened in January 1996?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ishmael came a long way from the boy he was in Chapter 1, to the young man he was in Chapter 21. How was Ishmael a long way gone from who he was to who he became?

Essay Topic 2

The six boys stayed together for protection. What were the disadvantages of saying together?

Essay Topic 3

Ishmael and the others were abruptly moved from the front to Freetown. Why was it so difficult for the boys to adjust to a new life?

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