A Long Way Gone, chapters 17-21

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What gift does the nurse buy for Ishmael as a means of getting him to trust her?
a baseball cap with NY Yankees logo
a bag or red licorice
a walkman cassette player
a boombox stereo
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.W.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Beah surprises himself by opening up to Esther in this way; however, Esther responds with the common refrain,...
"Do unto others as they would do unto you."
“None of what happened was your fault.”
"Turn the other cheek."
"You only have yourself to blame."
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In a flashback, Beau recounts the story of what happened to the men who shot him in the foot. As payback, he...
slits their throats
tells Lieutenant Jabati to hang the men
shoots the men in the feet and then kills them
has the men walk through fire.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
At the end of the chapter, Beah tells Esther “about the shapes I used to see in the moon when I was much younger” Which one statement is NOT true? This is...
a breakthrough moment that marks the return of his positive childhood memories.
a flashback of hope from chapter one.
a symbol of his need for vengeance.
the beginning of his healing process.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Visitors from the European Commission, the UN, and UNICEF arrive to meet the boys and look at the center. Beah reads a monologue from Julius Caesar and then performs a hip-hop play about a former child soldier that he has written himself.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.SL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who says this: “…we cannot go back. but we can start from here. I am your family and that is enough for us to begin liking each other”
Uncle Tommy
Aunt Sallay
Father Francis
Beau's brother
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Whereas Beah is unfamiliar with urban living conditions (as displayed in his confusion at the nature and operation of an elevator), the boys with whom he is competing are unaware of the harsh realities Beah has grown up dealing with every day. This is an example of
a motif of ignorance
a tone of unfamiliarity
a symbol of hope
an ironic contrast in naivete
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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