A Long Way Gone, chapters 17-21

What gift does the nurse buy for Ishmael as a means of getting him to trust her?

• a baseball cap with NY Yankees logo

• a bag or red licorice

• a walkman cassette player

• a boombox stereo

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Beah surprises himself by opening up to Esther in this way; however, Esther responds with the common refrain,...

• "Do unto others as they would do unto you."

• “None of what happened was your fault.”

• "Turn the other cheek."

• "You only have yourself to blame."

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In a flashback, Beau recounts the story of what happened to the men who shot him in the foot. As payback, he...

• slits their throats

• tells Lieutenant Jabati to hang the men

• shoots the men in the feet and then kills them

• has the men walk through fire.

At the end of the chapter, Beah tells Esther “about the shapes I used to see in the moon when I was much younger” Which one statement is NOT true? This is...

• a breakthrough moment that marks the return of his positive childhood memories.

• a flashback of hope from chapter one.

• a symbol of his need for vengeance.

• the beginning of his healing process.

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Visitors from the European Commission, the UN, and UNICEF arrive to meet the boys and look at the center. Beah reads a monologue from Julius Caesar and then performs a hip-hop play about a former child soldier that he has written himself.

• True

• False

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Who says this: “…we cannot go back. but we can start from here. I am your family and that is enough for us to begin liking each other”

• Uncle Tommy

• Aunt Sallay

• Father Francis

• Beau's brother

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Whereas Beah is unfamiliar with urban living conditions (as displayed in his confusion at the nature and operation of an elevator), the boys with whom he is competing are unaware of the harsh realities Beah has grown up dealing with every day. This is an example of

• a motif of ignorance

• a tone of unfamiliarity

• a symbol of hope

• an ironic contrast in naivete

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When Beau arrives in New York City, he is

• amazed at how cold it is.

• unfamiliar with snow

• overwhelmed by the size of the city

• Unimpressed with modern America

On the last day of the conference, a child from each country speaks at the UN Economic and Social Council chamber about their experiences. Beah decides to eschew the speech written for him in Freetown in favor of speaking from his heart.

• True

• False

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Beau returns home to Sierra Leone and tries to live a normal life, but...

• a military coup and civil war has erupted in Freetown

• he is plagued by nightmares.

• he is torn between living in the US and Sierra Leone

• he is tired or farming and want to go to college.

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