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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Sierra Leone gain independence?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1954.

2. The night of the attack in Chapter 7, where did Ishmael sleep?
(a) Under a home.
(b) Bushes.
(c) Leaning on a tree.
(d) Up in a tree.

3. What did a man use to relieve the pain in the boys' feet in Chapter 9?
(a) Cool water.
(b) Wet clothes.
(c) Mashed herbs.
(d) Steamed grass.

4. How old was Ishmael the first time he was touched by war?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

5. What took the boys' meat in Chapter 10?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Monkey.
(d) Bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the boys go back to Mattru Jong in Chapter 4?

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

3. When Ishmael and his brother returned to his grandmother's village, what type of vehicle did a man drive up with his dead family inside?

4. In Chapter 9, what game did Ishmael and the other boys play by the ocean?

5. Why wouldn't the families who had walked to Ishmael's village stay there?

(see the answer key)

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