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A Long Way Gone: Chapters 1-4
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Comprehension questions for my reading class. #alongwaygone #reading #comprehension
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1
What do the rebels call their practice of cutting off all fingers except for the thumb?
The hitchhiker
One Love
Recruiting
Surgery
2
How many siblings does Ishmael have?
One
Two
Three
3
Who says, "We must strive to be like the moon?"
Ishmael's mother
Ishmael's grandfather
Ishmael's brother
Ishmael's grandmother
4
Ishmael doesn't get along with his father very well because
he doesn't like his stepmother
they fight about the music he likes
his father is never involved in his life
5
Bonus: What time period did the civil war in Sierra Leone take place?
1960s
2000s
1990s
1980s
6
True or False: The people of Mogbwemo were prepared for the rebels' arrival.
True
False
7
Where did Ishmael's grandmother live?
Mattru Jong
Kamator
Mogbwemo
Kabati
8
What happened to the messenger who came from Sumbuya?
His fingers, except for his thumbs, had been cut off.
His toes were cut off.
His arm was cut off.
9
What does Beah dream he carries in a wheelbarrow?
guns
bodies
himself
food
10
True or False: The people of Mattru Jong were prepared for the rebels' arrival.
True
False
11
This word means to place inside of something else.
mesmerize
translucent
embed
plagued
12
What was the main problem the boys encountered when they snuck back into Mattru Jong?
There was no food.
Everyone was killed.
The rebels captured them.
No one would sell them food.
13
Why did Ishmael and his friends first travel to Mattru Jong?
To participate in a talent show.
To bring back food for their families.
To watch the famous rapper.
14
What did Ishmael and his friends do when they were desperately hungry?
They stole food from people in Mattru Jong.
The separated to try to find more food.
They stole food from each other.
15
A
refugee
is one who leaves their country
due to divorce.
by law.
by choice.
due to war or disaster.
16
What was Ishmael Beah's home village as a child?
Mattru Jong
Kamator
Mogbwemo
Kabati
