What does Ishmael's mother saying his father is bad at choosing for his sons?
What is a good stepmother?
100
The "most difficult part of being in the forest" according to Ishmael.
What is loneliness?
100
The corporation that takes Ishmael, Alhaji and some other boys in the town of Bauya.
What is UNICEF?
200
Kamor
What is a teacher?
200
Lappei
What is cloth wrapped around a woman's waist?
200
This local saying that means to be on your best behaviour.
What is "we must strive to be like the moon"?
200
How does the anonymous man with the fishing hut near the ocean help Ishmael and the others?
What is help to soothe and heal their severely scalded feet?
200
Who does he fall in love with and never tell?
Who is Esther?
300
Tafe
What is marijuana?
300
Sleepers
What are flip flops?
300
After their escape, Ishmael and the other boys sneak back into this village to retrieve money.
What is Mattru Jong?
300
Ishmael recollects his grandmother telling him about this ceremony.
What is the "name-giving ceremony"?
300
Benin Home is where he keeps hearing this remark from various staffers and professionals.
What is "this isn't your fault"?
400
Conakry
What is the capital of Guinea?
400
Carseloi
What are spiders?
400
Ishmael and his companions start doing this in the village of Kamator for food and shelter.
What is farming?
400
The position that Ishmael is promoted to after killing someone.
What is junior lieutenant?
400
Who does Ishmael meet in New York City who allows him to stay with her after he escapes Sierra Leone?
Who is Laura?
500
Repatriate
What is to return to one's own country?
500
Lorry
What is a mode of transportation?
500
After Kamator has been attacked, Ishmael and this friend sneak out of the bush and back into Kamator, bringing along brooms every time.
Who is Kaloko?
500
At this village, a pivotal shift in this memoir begins when Ishmael goes from being an observer and victim of savage, war-triggered violence to being both of these things as well as a perpetrator of such violence.
What is Yele?
500
What does Ishmael choose to do in the story of sacrifice?
What is shoot the monkey so that he cannot harm anyone else?