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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 long did Bra Spider fast before the feasts held in the villages?

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

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

4. In Chapter 14, how many boys were picked for a killing demonstration?

5. How would Ishmael's father try to get him to take a shower?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Ishmael find infuriating at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Saidu say about death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Saidu died. Why did it seem as though his death was a foregone conclusion and was destined to happen?

Essay Topic 2

The boys discussed how they lost their families. How did the loss of their families make the boys who they were and caused them to band together?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1, Ishmael, his brother, and a friend traveled to Mattru Jong. How did that journey save his life?

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