A Long Way Gone Chapter 1 Comprehension

In what country did Beah live as a child?

• Liberia

• Rhodesia

• Sierra Leone

• South Africa

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What was Ishmael Beah's home village as a child

• Kamator

• Mogbwemo

• Mattru Jong

• Kabati

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Where does Beah's grandmother live?

• Kamator

• Mogbwemo

• Mattru Jong

• Kabati

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What kind of group do Beah and his childhood friends form?

• a dance troupe

• a barbershop quartet

• a string quartet

• a rap group

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

How old was Beah when the rebels attacked his village?

• twelve

• fifteen

• ten

• six

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What sight convinces Beah that there is no returning home?

• the mother with the dead baby

• the smoke rising from the west

• the desolation of Kabati

• the lunar eclipse

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What advice does the old man in Kabati offer to Beah?

• to be like the moon and don't complain

• to be like the snake and strike his enemies

• to seek his little brother back home

• to forget his family and move on

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4