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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. Who was the first to begin crying in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 10, what did men catch during a hunt?

3. Where was Musa's mother when Mattru Jong was attacked?

4. In Chapter 12, when Ishmael and the others were captured at gunpoint, how many men were on the ground with uniforms soaked in blood?

5. n Chapter 15, how long had Ishmael been fighting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Mambu after Ishmael left the center?

3. Who did Ishmael meet as they approached the village where his family might have been staying?

4. How did Ishmael describe a place he called a very peculiar village?

5. What would the boys and soldiers do in Chapter 14 if they ran out of food, drugs, ammunition, and gasoline?

6. What was the extent of Ishmael's thoughts at the beginning of Chapter 15?

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

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

9. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

10. What did Ishmael and the others do in the daytime in Chapter 14?

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

At first Ishmael was silent about his past. What changed Ishmael's mind about telling his story?

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