Life Before War
Characters
Rebels
War
Other
100

Ishmael's age when the war started

12

100

Ishmael's brothers name

Junior

100

Reason that Ishmael does not like the rebels

They destroyed his home and killed all of his family and most of his friends

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The second gun Ishmael got

A G3

100

Country that everything took place in

Sierra Leone

200

Was he close to his parents?

No

200

Ishmael's favorite type of music

Rap

200
Were there more rebels than there were soldiers?

Yes

200

The amount of different drugs he got addicted to

3

200

Ishmael's favorite type of music

Rap music

300

What did Ishmael have fun doing?

He had fun listening and dancing to music

300

Ishmael's last name

Beah

300

Reason the rebels formed

They thought the government was corrupt?

300

Age of Ishmael when he get taken out of the war

15

300

Where they were first introduced to rap

Mobimbi

400

What type of music did Ishmael dance to

Rap

400

Junior's last name

Beah

400

Did they torture the rebels when they captured them?

Yes

400

Another weapon in the war

RPG

400

Ishmael's (anyone's) bad versions of dreams

Nightmares

500

Where the story started

Mogbwemo

500

His friends name at the end of the book

Mohamed

500

The amount of villages the rebels took over

A lot

500

First weapon Ishmael got

AK

500

How far did Ishmael end up away from his home?

He ended up really far away

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