Vocab
This word means shoes
What are crapes
The boys were at this friend's house when they learn about the attack on Ishmael's town.
What is Khalilou? Or who is Khalilou?
This is how Ishmael and his friends escaped from the ambush on Mattru Jong.
What is crossed a swamp,
ran through the woods for an hour at least
Ishmael Beah was born in this country
What is Sierra Leone?
This is the type of music Ishmael and his friends enjoyed most prior to the war.
What is rap music?
This word names the mixture of cocaine and gunpowder the child soldiers often took
What is "brown-brown"?
This boy used elaborate gestures when he spoke and was friends with Juma.
Who is Alhaji?
The number of boys (including Ishmael) who escape the attack on their village?
What is six?
Junior, Talloi, Ishmael, Gibrella, Khalilou, Koloko
What is 12?
Ishmael's father had this reaction to seeing Ishmael and his friends play rap and practice dancing.
What is laughing? Or what is hewatched and laughed?
Or he told them to listen to BBC radio?
This word describes a wrap around porch, popular in the Southern U.S. and in the book
What is veranda or verandah?
This boy farmed with Ishmael near Kamator. They hated farming and never got used to it.
Who is Junior, his brother?
In several places, Ishmael refers to religion. One instance is the prayer of the imam. An imam is a member of this religious faith.
What is Muslim?
Four boys originally formed a rap group. Name one of the two boys other than Junior and Ishmael.
Who is Tallo or Mohamed?
The phrase "One Love" has two meanings in this book. Explain.
What is a reggae song by Bob Marley,
and the message by the RUF of cutting off a person's thumb?
Ishmael's mother taught him to cook, so he would not be hungry during his "palampo" life. She also said she did not want him to remain palampo forever.
What is single, or unmarried?
The song, "I Need Love" was sung/rapped by this rap artist. Knowing this song helped save Ishmael's life.
Who is LL Cool J?
Ishmael comes to NYC and is shocked by two things weather related.
What is cold and snow?
Ishmael did not see his father very often because ....
What is he had more than one wife?
Or - What is he had a stepmother?
These activities consumed the boys when they were not killing.
What are taking drugs and watching war movies or movies like Rambo?
Ishmael's grandmother named him this because he tricked others but comes back to them
What is Carseloi or spider?
This author was one you and Ishmael studied in school. Quoting this author helped Ishmael form a relationship with his lieutenant?
Who is Shakespeare?
When Ishmael left NYC the first time (after telling his story at the UN, he was almost _______years old.
What is 16?
This nurse at the center helped Ishmael understand that what happened was not his fault.
Who is Esther?
This economic practice was part of Sierra Leone's history for approximately 100 years, between 1700 and 1800.
What is triangular trade or slave trade?