A Long Way Gone Ch1-12 QUIZ

How do Ishmael, Junior, and their friends escape the fate of their village Mogbwemo?

• They are evacuated to Guinea before the rebels come

• Their father sends them away with a UN envoy to Nigeria

• They are on their way to a talent show in Mattru Jong and miss the attack

• They enlist in the RUF and are sent away to another part of the country to fight

The conflict in Sierra Leone is between which two forces?

• NNPC government forces & RUF revolutionaries

• RUF revolutionaries & LAPD government forces

• APC government forces & NWA revolutionaries

• APC government forces & RUF revolutionaries

Ishmael tells a brief story about an old man in the village of Kabati who tells him to "strive to be like the _____________."

What three worlds does Ishmael live in (in the present)?

• dreams, fantasies, experiences

• dreams, new life experiences, memories from the past

• new life experiences, memories from the past, fantasies

• dreams, memories from the past, fantasies

What do the rebels carve into messengers' skin AND what does it stand for?

What is ironic about the RUF's claim that they fight for the people?

Ishmael Beah explains "I wanted to blame someone for this particular predicament, but there was no one to be blamed." How can this be used to justify the RUF's actions?

After the rebels' first 'selection' process they do a new selection, who is the only person to be selected in the 2nd round?

• Junior

• Talloi

• Ishmael

• Kalilou

Ishmael's group is targeted and feared by many simply because they are 6, leading Ishmael to say that people stopped _____________________ each other as a consequence of the civil war.

In chapter 6 what stops the boys from being drowned in the river after the chief suspects them to be rebels/spies?

• Junior's level head and sagacious negotiations

• A boy in the crowd recognizes them and explains they are his friends

• Ishmael's cassettes are discovered and played and a boy in the crowd recognizes them and vouches for them.

• The boys collectively plead for their lives and convince the chief that they are not spies.