A Long Way Gone Quiz

Who is the narrator of the novel?

• Ishmael Beah

• a boy named Mohamed

• the narrator's name is never given

• Trick question. This novel has several narrators.

Ishmael

• Author and narrator of ALWG

• A nurse at Benin Home

• A manipulative leader who recruits and trains the boy soldiers

• A caseworker at Benin Home

Lieutenant Jabati

• An old man from Ishmael's town. Dies trying to help the boys escape gunfire.

• A manipulative leader who recruits and trains the boy soldiers.

• Ishmael's caseworker at Benin Home.

• The rebel army in Sierra Leone

Gasemu

• Ishmael's older brother.

• Ishamel's friend who dies after eating a crow.

• An old man from Ishmael's town. Dies trying to help the boys escape gunfire.

• One of Ishmael's friends from Mattru Jong. Nicknamed "Little Rambo" later on.

Moriba

• the group's storyteller

• killed in a fight sometime during Ishmael's time as a soldier

• the oldest of the group by three years

• assigned to another squad in a different village

Jumah

• dies when he eats a dead crow

• the group's storyteller

• assigned to another squad in a different village

• the oldest of the group by three years

Laura Simms

• A nurse at Benin Home who helps Ishmael reconnect with music and the world.

• A manipulative leader who recruits and trains the boy soldiers.

• Ishmael's caseworker at Benin Home.

• Ishmael's 'adoptive' mom.

Junior

• Ishamel's friend who dies after eating a crow.

• One of Ishmael's friends from Mattru Jong. Nicknamed "Little Rambo" later on.

• Ishmael's older brother

• Author and narrator of ALWG.

Saidu

• One of Ishmael's friends from Mattru Jong. Nicknamed "Little Rambo" later on.

• A manipulative leader who recruits and trains the boy soldiers.

• Ishamel's friend who dies after eating a crow.

• An old man from Ishmael's town. Dies trying to help the boys escape gunfire.

RUF

• The rebel army in Sierra Leone

• A manipulative leader who recruits and trains the boy soldiers.

• The 'home' army in Sierra Leone

• The group who saves Ishmael and his fellow child soldiers