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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the boys wear in Chapter 13?
(a) Army shorts and green T-shirts.
(b) Khaki shorts and green T-shirts.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Uniforms.

2. What type of vehicle did Esther come in when she and two men came to take Ishmael to the hospital for his examination?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Chevy.
(c) Ford.
(d) Toyota.

3. In Chapter 18, how long had Ishmael been at Bennin Home?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 4 months.

4. In Chapter 14, who won the killing competition?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Kanei.
(c) Alhaji.
(d) Jumah.

5. What rank was Ishmael given at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) Junior private.
(b) Junior colonel.
(c) Junior sergeant.
(d) Junior lieutenant.

6. Where was Jumah stationed in Chapter 15?
(a) Bauya.
(b) Moyamba.
(c) Koidu.
(d) Kenema.

7. What was the lieutenant reading at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Julius Caeser.

8. Who gave a speech near the end of Chapter 14 saying the soldiers were there to protect civilians?
(a) Lieutenant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) A private.
(d) An older boy.

9. What production had taken place at the place where there was one large house and a kitchen?
(a) Rope making.
(b) Drying meat.
(c) Palm oil.
(d) Cassava drying.

10. In Chapter 14, what did the boys eat as they followed a path?
(a) Smoked meat and cassava.
(b) Bananas and oranges.
(c) Sardines and corned beef.
(d) Rice and fish.

11. When Ishmael was a junior lieutenant, how many boys were in his unit?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

12. When UNICEF came, how many boys were chosen to go?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

13. During the second dry season of Ishmael's war years, how often did they stop during a three-day journey to a village they wanted to take over?
(a) Three times a day.
(b) Four times a day.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Twice a day.

14. How did Alhaji react when he had withdrawal symptoms?
(a) Writhed on the floor.
(b) Kicked the wall.
(c) Punched a cement pillar.
(d) Started fights.

15. In Chapter 10, what did men catch during a hunt?
(a) Chimpanzees.
(b) Porcupine and deer.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) Wild dogs and bushbuck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ishmael see by the river in Chapter 12?

2. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 15?

3. What would Ishmael's grandmother call him because of his tricks?

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

5. What color gown did the iman wear at Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?

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