A Long Way Gone Chapters 4-7

According to the text, what did the group do to get money for food after they got hungry?

• They begged for money from other villagers.

• They snuck back into Mattru Jong to get money they had left behind.

• They sold some of their belongings to get money.

• They looked for jobs in nearby villages to earn money.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What did the rebels do to the old man they found crossing the bridge?

• They gave him food and water.

• They interrogated him, threatened him, and then pretended to shoot him.

• They asked him to join their group.

• They helped him find his family.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the text, what reason did the rebels give for recruiting people from the village?

• To help rebuild the village.

• To increase their numbers and show them blood to make them strong.

• To teach them how to farm.

• To send them to school.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the text, what was the narrator's reaction when the rebels pretended to shoot the old man?

• He laughed and cheered along with the rebels.

• He turned his face to the ground, his knees trembled, and his heartbeat grew faster.

• He tried to fight back against the rebels.

• He ran away into the bushes.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What did the chief do after hearing the rap cassette that the guards found?

• He immediately ordered the boys to be drowned in the river.

• He asked the narrator how he obtained the foreign music and then asked a boy from Mattru Jong if he knew the narrator and his friends.

• He started dancing and singing along to the music.

• He destroyed the cassette and warned the boys never to listen to such music again.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6