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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. What direction did the Iman face during prayers in Kamator?

2. What type of farm did the boys ravage for awhile because they were so hungry?

3. From what tribe was the fisherman who cared for the boys in Chapter 9?

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

5. In Chapter 9, how long did Ishmael and the other boys stay in a fisherman's hut while their feet healed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a fisherman help Ishmael and the other boys he began traveling with in Chapter 9?

2. What did the boys take with them when they went to Mattru Jong?

3. How did Ishmael describe being hungry?

4. How did the attack on Kamator take place in Chapter 7?

5. Why didn't Ishmael's best friend leave home with Ishmael and the others at the beginning of the book?

6. What words did Ishmael remember his father saying that kept him moving?

7. How did the iman die in Chapter 7?

8. Why did it cause problems for the boys to be together in a group?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 4, why did the boys return to Mattru Jong?

10. Why did Ishmael's friends in Mattru Jong come home early from school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The boys began stealing food. Why did the boys steal food, and how did they justify doing so?

Essay Topic 2

A nurse worked with Ishmael as he adjusted to life away from the war. How did the relationship with Esther help Ishmael to adjust to civilian life?

Essay Topic 3

Ishmael's father had a statement that there was hope for a better day if someone was still alive. What did Ishmael's father mean when he said that there was hope if you were still alive?

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