A Long Way Gone Quiz! 2021

Describe the environment in Yele when Ishmael and the boys first arrive.

• completely burned

• peaceful

• desolate

• full of anger

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is Lieutenant Jabati reading?

• 1984

• The Great Gatsby

• Julius Caesar

• War and Peace

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

How exactly does Josiah die?

• Ishmael slits his throat

• Ishmael shoots him in the head

• He is used as target practice

• His backbone is crushed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

Other than killing, what are the boys primary activities?

• Playing cards and doing drugs

• Playing war video games while high

• drawing out strategies and doing drugs

• watching war movies and doing drugs

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does Ishmael become a junior lieutenant?

• He kills the most during an ambush

• He has the best aim

• he wins a contest

• he goes without sleep for weeks

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What do the villagers take from Ishmael and his friends that makes them miserable and in pain?

• their shoes

• their homes

• their cell phones

• the villagers took nothing from Ishmael and his friends

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What horrible event did Saidu listen to?

• the loss of his family pet

• Saidu did not experience any loss

• the loss of his family home

• the rape of his sisters

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the name of the organization that takes the boy fighters out of the war?

• United Way

• Unicef

• Red Cross

• Amnesty International

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How long is Ishmael a child soldier?

• 4 years

• 2 years

• 18 months

• 1 year

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What does Ishmael bring with him when he is rescued?

• a grenade

• his LL Cool J cassette

• a machete

• New laces for his crapes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6