A Long Way Gone: Study Help: Quiz

1: Ishmael is originally from what village?

a. Mattru Jong

b. Freetown

c. Kamator

d. Mogbwemo

2: How did the rebels mark the messenger from Sumbuya who announced that they were coming to Mattru Jong?

a. They mangled his hand.

b. They cut off his finger.

c. They burned "RUF" onto his body.

d. They tattooed a gun onto his body.

3: When Ishmael and the boys are captured by rebels, what do the rebels do that shocks Ishmael?

a. Pray over the dead villagers

b. Taunt and torture an old man

c. Burn down a church

d. Shoot a pregnant woman

4: Ishmael and the boys stay in Kamator for three months doing what?

a. Farming

b. Performing

c. Digging graves

d. Selling things in the market

5: What job did Ishmael once have to thank his ancestors for the harvest?

a. Burning used corn husks

b. Laying food on an altar

c. Pouring wine on the soil

d. Throwing food in the river

6: What is an imam?

a. A religious leader

b. A government official

c. A military leader

d. A local healer

7: What do the rebels do to the imam in Kamator?

a. They cut his throat.

b. They shoot him.

c. They drown him in the river.

d. They set him on fire.

8: What is the name of the old man who cares for Ishmael's raw, burned feet?

a. He won't say.

b. Uncle Tommy

c. Saidu

d. Gasemu

9: What "bad omen" did the boys experience before Saidu's death?

a. A dark red sunset

b. A lunar eclipse

c. A crow falling from the sky

d. A dog eating a dead vulture

10: After Ishmael is captured by the military, he suffers daily from what malady?

a. Anemia

b. Dysentery

c. Severe headaches

d. Blurred vision

11: What is "brown brown"?

a. A mixture of cocaine and gunpowder

b. The uniforms issued by the military

c. Dried, cured dog meat

d. The rebels' nickname for the military

12: In the rehabilitation center, what does the staff do when the boy soldiers destroy their things?

a. They threaten to send them back into the war.

b. They replace the items without punishment.

c. They place the boys in solitary confinement.

d. They make the boys buy new items.

13: During rehabilitation, Ishmael has a breakthrough because of what?

a. Drug therapy

b. Rap music

c. Pictures of his family

d. A friend's death

14: During the talent show at the rehabilitation center, Ishmael

a. attacks one of the dignitaries.

b. recites a poem by Chinua Achebe.

c. disassembles and reassembles an AK47.

d. recites a Shakespearean monologue.

15: In his speech to the UN, Ishmael talks about the multiplying effects of

a. bloodshed.

b. revenge.

c. love.

d. compound interest.

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