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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was slaughtered to eat for Ishmael's name-giving ceremony?
(a) Pig.
(b) Deer.
(c) Cow.
(d) Sheep.

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

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

4. In Chapter 11, how many villages did the rebels say they burned that day?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What was the name of the girl that Esther reminded Ishmael of?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Becky.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of vehicle did Esther come in when she and two men came to take Ishmael to the hospital for his examination?

2. How many months after Ishmael arrived did Ishmael's friend Mohamed arrive at Bennin Home?

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

4. In Chapter 10, what did Saidu say he was doing?

5. In Chapter 14, what did the boys eat as they followed a path?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why weren't Ishmael and the other boys killed when the village was attacked where his family was staying?

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 13, what happened that made Ishmael get in the fight?

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

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

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