A Long Way Gone Chapters 8-13

What do the first villagers on the beach do to the boys that is particularly brutal? 

• A. Attack them with spears and machetes. 
• B. Make them perform a rap song for their lives. 
• C. Take their shoes. 
• D. They killed one of the seven boys. 

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Why does the chief let the boys go after they were captured? 

• A. He believes their story after the villagers find the rap cassettes. 
• B. He enjoys Ishmael's performance and wants to see more. 
• C. He is on the side of the RUF and wants the boys to be soldiers. 
• D. He does not care if they live or die, he just wants them gone from his village. 

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What is the best explanation for the following quote: 
"In some ways my journey was like that of the moon- although I had even more think clouds coming my way." 

• A. Ishmael feels happiness that he is still alive and knows that he can overcome anything. 
• B. Ishmael is overwhelmed at his present situation and wants to give up. 
• C. Ishmael knows that he has more troubles coming his way and is determined to continue. 
• D. Ishmael knows that the moon is a sign of better things to come. 

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What happened to the boys' bag of dried meat? 

• A. Musa got hungry so he ate what was left. 
• B. One of the villagers stole it from them. 
• C. They lost it while they were walking. 
• D. A dog stole it while they were sleeping. 

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Ch 9. As the boys are walking they hear a strange sound like "the roar of big engines . . . a thunder exploding, roll after roll." What is causing this sound?

• Thunderstorm

• Cannons

• Airplanes

• Atlantic Ocean

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During his flashback in Chapter 10, what day is Ishmael remembering? 

• A. Christmas. 
• B. The first day he started school. 
• C. His nameday ceremony. 
• D. Just a day with his family. 

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Ch. 9 - When the boys are captured, and the chief calls them "devils", what does Ishmael do to convince him that they are harmless kids?

• Raps a song that he wrote

• Recites Shakespeare

• Dances to "OPP"

• Tells him a folktale

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What folk tale did Musa tell in Chapter 10?

• Spider's Rope.

• Spider and the Hare.

• The Gullah.

• Bra Spider

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Ch. 11 - Ishmael and his friends are traveling to a small village. Who do they hope to find there?

• Their families

• Rebel soldiers

• Nice people with food

• Ngor Gasemu

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Ch. 11 - When they find the village burned, what does Ishmael assume happened to his family?

• They have left the village

• They were killed

• They never arrived

• They have joined the army

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