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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. What was Esther wearing when she and two men came to take Ishmael to the hospital for his examination?

2. Where was Alhaji when the rebels attacked Mattru Jong?

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

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

5. In Chapter 11, what was one of the rebels carrying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the purpose of Ishmael's unit when he was a junior lieutenant?

2. In Chapter 10, what was one of the most unsettling things about Ishmael's journey?

3. How did the boys act as their war memories began to return?

4. What happy time was had in Chapter 10?

5. Why didn't the boys carry food and water during their first fight in Chapter 13?

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

7. What did Saidu say about death?

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

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

10. How did Josiah die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

At first war was just a distant rumor. How did war became real for Ishmael?

Essay Topic 3

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

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