Long Way Gone Ch 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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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Uncle Tommy die?

• a fever

• an accident

• a gunshot wound

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What must Beau do to ensure his safety as he leaves Sierra Leone?

• hide in the cargo space of the bus.

• bribe soldiers at checkpoints.

• pretend that he is dumb and deaf

• raise an army of child soldiers to fight for him.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1