Symbols
Ishmael's rap tapes mostly symbolize:
A. Freedom
B. Childhood
C. Family
D. Honesty
What is B. Childhood?
At one point, one of Beah's friends was said to be ''scared like a soaked monkey.' This is an example of...
What is a simile?
"My uncle’s wife came out, her face glowing as if she had polished it all her life." This describes how Ishmael’s aunt looks when she sees him. What word BEST describes her tone?
A. The smile on her face showed him that she was happy to see him
B. She shot laser beams at Ishmael, glaring at him with displeasure
C. Her face showed that she was surprised to see him
D. She had just finished polishing the silver
What is A. The smile on her face showed him that she was happy to see him?
Ishmael encounters all of the following conflicts in the book. Which one is man vs. self?
A. His rap tapes are taken and burned
B. He is forced to kill civilians
C. He struggles to control his mind
D. His shoes are taken by a fisherman
What is C. He struggles to control his mind?
This genre is centered around a specific theme or memory from a person’s life.
What is a memoir?
Ishmael’s crapes and clothing could be symbols of which of the following ideas?
A. Danger /sadness / betrayal
B. Family / friendship / love
C. Identity / journey / change
D. Past / gender / honesty
What is C. Identity / journey / change?
What literary term is revealed in the following quote?“Our innocence had been replaced by fear, and we had become monsters.”
What is a metaphor?
Which of the following would NOT be a theme of A Long Way Gone?
A. The effects of homelessness
B. The inability to escape war; survival
C. The power of the mind
D. The loss of innocence
What is A. The effects of homelessness?
Using context clues, read the following passage and determine what “coup” most closely means:
“He was leader of the AFRC, which had been formed by a group of Sierra Leone Army officers to overthrow the democratically elected President Tejan Kabbah. His English was as bad as the reason he gave for creating this coup.”
What is overthrowing the government?
The story takes place in Sierra Leone during their Civil War in the 1990s. This is the book's _____.
What is setting?
What is the symbolic name Lt. Jabrati gives to Ishmael?
What is Green Snake?
Which of the following would NOT be considered a good example of imagery?
A. The pale blue sky reflected the sadness in her eyes
B. The explosion boomed across the hot desert
C. The cold pizza was bland.
D. The texture was rough and edged with razor sharp metal
What is C. The cold pizza was bland?
The tone that occurs when Lieutenant Jabati gives his lecture to the villagers, telling them they can either abandon the village or fight with the army, going on to angrily list all the reasons he hates the RUF is:
A. Guilty
B. Soft
C. Serious
D. Indifferent
What is C. Serious?
Explain the difference between a flashback and an anecdote.
What is flashbacks are just memories while anecdotes are used to prove a specific point?
Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” (Don’t worry about a thing/ ‘cause every little thing is going to be all right) playing just before Ishmael leaves the rehabilitation center is an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
These TWO omens precede Saidu’s death.
What is a crow dies and a barking dog steals meat?
The literary term being used in this quote: “Sometimes night has a way of speaking to us…”
What is personification?
Which of the following is the BEST description of tone in the following quote? “In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.”
A. Confused or misunderstanding
B. Thoughtful or reflective
C. Sad or depressed
D. Inspire and succeed
What is B. Thoughtful or reflective?
Julius Caesar and "Naughty by Nature" reappear several times throughout the story, they are examples of this.
What is a motif?
What BEST describes the connotation of the word “odor”?
A. Positive connotation
B. Negative connotation
C. Neutral connotation
D. A smell that occurs from something that is rotten
What is B. Negative connotation?
The book ends with a parable about a monkey that Ishmael was told as a child. The monkey symbolizes this:
A. Survival
B. Kindness
C. Choice
D. Regret
What is C. choice?
Which of the following is an allusion used in A Long Way Gone?
A. Ishmael had a romanticized view of war from the American movie Rambo.
B. The imam at the mosque quoted Luke 14 from the Holy Bible.
C. The school children made a song out of the names of countries and capitals.
D. The boy soldiers missed out on learning math and science during the war.
What is A. Ishmael had a romanticized view of war from the American movie Rambo?
All of the following events serve as good evidence to support the claim that “loss of innocence” is a theme in this novel except...
A. When Alhaji begins playing Rambo games instead of regular kid games
B. When the nurse gives the rap tapes to Ishmael at the rehab center
C. When Ishmael tastes blood and then makes his first kill
D. When the Imam is captured while praying in a mosque and is burned
What is B. When the nurse gives the rap tapes to Ishmael at the rehab center?
Ishmael is relieved to find the money he hid in Kalilou’s house in the beginning of the novel. Unfortunately, he discovers the whole journey has been wasted because the food sellers are no longer in business. What type of irony is this?
What is situational?
This is the BEST denotation of the word “dog”:
A. Man’s best friend
B. Loyal and obedient
C. An animal with four legs
D. A big responsibility
What is C. An animal with four legs?