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WorksheetsA Long Way Gone Chapter 10-13
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
Why does Ishmael feel guilty after Gasemu dies?
a)
A. He knows that it is his fault Gasemu is dead.
b)
B. He does not feel guilty that Gasemu is dead and only wants to find his family.
c)
C. Because he was so angry after he saw his family's burnt house he hit Gasemu.
d)
D. He could have saved Gasemu's life if they had gotten to the wahlee sooner.
2.
What is it initially like being in Yele with the Sierra Leonean soldiers?
a)
A. There is chaos as the military mistreats the people.
b)
B. The boys find safety and security at the beginning in Yele.
c)
C. The boys are reunited with their family.
d)
D. The villagers attack them with spears and machetes when they arrive to Yele.
3.
Why does Ishmael know Shakespeare?
a)
A. He performed it for his dad and his friends.
b)
B. He learned it in school.
c)
C. He was an actor.
d)
D. He taught himself English with Shakespeare.
4.
What happens to Ishmael's rap cassettes?
a)
A. They were lost while he was running in the forest.
b)
B. He gave them to a chief to save his life.
c)
C. They were burned when he gave up his old clothes.
d)
D. He keeps them in his pockets to remind him of his childhood.
5.
What does the burning of the rap cassettes best symbolize?
a)
A. That Ishmael is now a soldier and must fight because he had to give them up to become a soldier.
b)
B. The loss of childhood and innocence since his rap cassettes remind him of being a child.
c)
C. The loss of happiness because he would listen to these cassettes every night to bring him joy.
d)
D. That Ishmael no longer believes he will find his family because these were his tie to Junior.
6.
What is the reason that the lieutenant shows the villagers the body of the man and his son?
a)
A. He wants to add to his numbers and have them join the Sierra Leonean military.
b)
B. He wants to scare everyone into staying in the village.
c)
B. He wants people to run away so there are enough rations for the soldiers.
d)
D. He is confessing to accidentally killing the man and his son.
7.
Why is the Lieutenant's recruitment of the boys in his village ironic?
a)
A. Because he is using the violent tactics of the RUF.
b)
B. Because the government is winning the war.
c)
C. Because they shoot people who are going to the bathroom.
d)
D. Because like the RUF he is forcing children to fight in this war.
8.
Why does the author point out that Sheku and Josiah go to sleep saying "paw paw" and counting?
a)
A. To show that they are taking their training seriously because they think about it even in their sleep.
b)
B. In order to show that they are already traumatized from their training.
c)
C. In order to highlight how exhausted the children are after joining the army.
d)
D. To show the relationship between their military training and the games children play.
9.
Why do the boys all wear green clothes with a bandanna?
a)
A. So they know not to shoot each other.
b)
B. So they match each other.
c)
C. So they blend in with the forest.
d)
D. So they will not scare the villagers.
10.
During their first mission, what happens?
a)
A. They get into a firefight with RUF soldiers and both sides suffer losses.
b)
B. They are ambushed by the RUF and taken hostage.
c)
C. Many of Ishmael's friends die.
d)
D. They cannot find any RUF soldiers so they go back to their village.
11.
What does Ishmael's response to the lifeless bodies show about him?
a)
A. He is still weak and cannot handle the sight of death.
b)
B. He is callous and has lost his empathy for others.
c)
C. He is on drugs so he does not feel anything anymore.
d)
D. He is overly stressed and needs their ammo.
12.
Why do they watch war movies like Rambo?
a)
A. To teach them to be like Americans.
b)
B. To show them how real soldiers behave.
c)
C. To make them more accepting of violence.
d)
D. To get them to believe in themselves.
13.
What do guns symbolize to the soldiers?
a)
A. A killing machine.
b)
B. A source of power.
c)
C. Violence.
d)
D. Safety.
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