Unusual Normality

Ishmael Beah is from which country?

• Africa

• Ivory Coast

• Sierra Leone

• Nigeria

Where do Ishmael and his adoptive mother live?

• Chicago

• New York City

• Los Angeles

• Miami

Why did Ishmael have trouble finding a school to attend once he was in the United States?

• He could not pass the entrance exams.

• He had not attended school in his home country.

• He did not speak American English.

• He could not afford the tuition.

• He did not have a report card from his previous school.

When Ishmael starts school in the United States, what grade is he placed in?

• 9th

• 10th

• 11th

• 12th

How many years did Ishmael fight as a child soldier?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What did Ishmael's friends believe was the reason that he spoke such formal British English?

• He used to go to school in Great Britain.

• He is from a royal African family.

• He had spent many years in elite schools in his home country.

• He had performed in Shakespearean plays.

What are TWO things that Ishmael does as he walked through the city because he had been a soldier in his earlier life? Check TWO answers.

• He made eye contact with everyone who passed him.

• He did not walk the same route twice.

• He noticed how people walked and which direction they came from.

• He refused to sit with his back to the door in school or a restaurant.

• His head is on a "swivel".

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What THREE things did Ishmael do to defeat his friends at paintball? Check THREE answers.

• He climbed trees.

• He walked backwards to make footprints going the wrong direction.

• He was sniper shooting from long range.

• He hid under shrubs.

• He bragged about how he was going to defeat them.

Why didn't paintball bring back any bad memories of war for Ishmael?

• He won all the paintball matches.

• He was in a different country.

• Upstate New York does not look like Sierra Leone.

• He knew the difference between pretend war and real war.

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Which TWO reasons does Ishmael give for why his American friends are lucky? Check TWO answers.

• They have a family that cares and worries about them.

• They have a lot of money.

• They live in large houses.

• They have a naive innocence that he does not have.

• They go to a good school like he does.

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