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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. How many watches did some of the dead rebels wear in Chapter 13?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 14, how was the rebel who shot one of the boys killed?
(a) Bayonet to stomach.
(b) Bullet to head.
(c) Slit throat.
(d) Bullet to chest.

3. In Chapter 10, what did Saidu say he was doing?
(a) Looking for hope.
(b) Dying slowly.
(c) Trying to cope.
(d) Just surviving.

4. Where was Musa's mother when Mattru Jong was attacked?
(a) River.
(b) Yard.
(c) Market.
(d) Home.

5. In Chapter 11, what was one of the rebels carrying?
(a) Food.
(b) Man's head.
(c) Young girl.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the boys do with the school books when they were first given them in Chapter 16?

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

3. Where was Ismael injured that caused him to be carried in a hammock for help?

4. How old was Ishmael in Chapter 15?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened in January 1996?

3. How was Ishmael's foot injured?

4. How did the boys get cash in Chapters 16-18?

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

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

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

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

9. What was it like in Yele when the boys first arrived?

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

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