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Who is Ishmael Beah from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Who is Tommy from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Who is Father from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Who is Mother from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 5

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Who is Mamie Kpana from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 6

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Who is Alhaji from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 7

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Who is Saidu from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 8

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Who is Gasemu from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 9

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Who is Allie from A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier and what is their importance?

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Question 10

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In chapter 12 what was Shakespeare Julius Caesar mention what was unusual about the reference in the contexts?

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Question 11

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What are three things that demonstrate irony in this chapter?

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Question 12

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Vocabulary List

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Question 13

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Using the book to justify your response, do Ishmael and his companions have any choice but to become perpetrators of violence rather than victims of it? (chapter 12)

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Question 14

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Why do you think Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is mentioned? What is jarring or unusual about that reference in this context? (chapter 12)

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Question 15

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What melted in the fire that was precious to Ishmael? What is this symbolic of? (chapter 12)

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Question 16

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What is foreshadowing about Ishmael’s childhood game? (chapter 12)

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Question 17

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What do you think the corporal means when he says, “…worship your Lord today, because you might not have another chance?” (chapter 13)

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Question 18

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How does the quote “My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed” indicative of how Ishmael has changed from the beginning of the book? (chapter 13)

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Question 19

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What saying does the boy’s Tupac shirt have on it? How is it ironic? (chapter 13)

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Question 20

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In Chapter 11, describe how Ishmael is “lucky” in this chapter?

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Question 21

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What is ironic about the situation with Ishmael’s family?

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Question 22

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Why do the words “None of this is anyone’s fault” make Ishmael angry?

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Question 23

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A Long Way Gone What leads Ishmael to violence? Predict how “violence” will change as far as Ishmael is concerned from this point in the novel forward?

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Question 24

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This is a “transition” chapter. What is the nature of this “transition?” (Chapter 11)

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Question 25

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On p.65, the title of the book is used. Explain the context in which it is used.

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