A Long Way Gone: Chapter 21 Quiz

When Ishmael returns to school at St. Edwards, many of the other students avoid him because….

• He had been a boy solider

• He had been “tainted” by America

• He didn’t have a “real” family.

• He was new.

War reaches Freetown & Ishmael & Mohamed are caught up in shooting when they go to __________________________.

• A pub

• A movie theatre

• A bank

• A market

The war continues for five months. When a neighbor speaks out against civilian deaths, ________________________.

• He becomes the new President

• He is asked to leave the city

• He mysteriously disappears

• He & his family are killed

Ishmael loses another person close to him. The person that develops a fever and ultimately dies is _________________

• Tommy

• Mohammed

• His Aunt

• Laura Simms

Who says, “When will I stop running from this war? Why does everyone keep dying except me?”

• Laura Simms

• Mohammed

• Ishmael

• Uncle Tommy

Ishmael receives a bit of luck when fleeing Freetown. On the bus out of the city, ___________________ take him under his/her wing, pays the bribes, and shows his/her documents.

• An old man

• An old woman

• A teacher

• Another former soldier

What article of Ishmael’s clothing is taken by a soldier at a checkpoint?

• Pants

• Shoes

• Belt

• Shirt

Ishmael does not have the three hundred leones he needs to enter the city. He “steals” what from someone else?

• A dropped bag

• A wallet

• A bike

• A cellular phone