A Long Way Gone Quizzes

A Long Way Gone Quiz 1

1 In what country did Beah live as a child?
Liberia

Rhodesia

South Africa

Sierra Leone
2 What was Ishmael Beah's home village as a child?
Mattru Jong

Kamator

Mogbwemo

Kabati
3 Where did Beah's grandmother live?
Mattru Jong

Kabati

Mogbwemo

Kamator
4 What kind of group do Beah and his childhood friends form?
a barbershop quartet

a rap group

a dance troupe

a string quartet
5 How old was Beah when the rebels attacked his village?
ten

six

fifteen

twelve
6 What sight convinces Beah that there is no returning home?
the smoke rising from the west

the desolation of Kabati

the mother with her dead baby

the lunar eclipse
7 What advice does the old man in Kabati offer to Beah?
to be like the moon and not complain

to seek his little brother back home

to forget his family and move on

to be like the snake and strike his enemies
8 Whose body does Beah dream he carries in a wheelbarrow?
Talloi's

Gibrilla's

his own

his brother's
9 What do the rebels call their practics of cutting off prisoner's fingers but leaving the thumbs intact?
"surgery"

"recruitment"

"the hitchhiker"

"one love"
10 What initials to the rebels carve into select prisoners' bodies?
RPG

RUF

SLR

RJM
11 What do the soldiers in Mattru Jong do when they learn of the rebels' approach?
evacuate the city

desert their posts

dig trenches

draft young men into their ranks
12 To where do the rebels drive the inhabitants of Mattru Jong?
the caves

the river

the road

the forest
13 After Beah and his friends attack the boy for two ears of corn, what do the boy's parents do?
attempt to poison them with bad water

call the local authorities to arrest the boys

offer them all their food if they will only leave them alive

give each of the boys an ear of corn
14 What is the highest age among the first rebels who capture Beah and his companions?
fifteen

seventeen

twenty-one

thirty-two
15 Why do the rebels patrol the forest around their captured village?
to find young men to recruit into the RUF

to hunt for wild boar as trophies

to find food so they can survive

to locate escaped villagers who can give them information
16 What do the rebels tell their chosen recruits they must do in order to be initiated into the RUF?
give them the names of their family and friends

carve the letters "RUF" into their flesh

kill the weaker boys who were captured

lead the attack on the next village
17 What problem do Beah and his friends have with traveling in a group of six?
they have six people to feed constantly

the number six is considered unlucky in Sierra Leone

there is no clear winner in a vote

the villagers are scared of large numbers of boys
18 Which of the boys is recognized by a traveller through an abandoned village?
Khalilou

Talloi

Junior

Gibrilla
19 What do the villagers of Kamator first ask the boys to do in exchange for food and shelter?
hunt wild boar

plant cassava

promise to marry their daughters

stand guard
20 When the threat of rebel attack seems unlikely, what do the villagers of Kamator put the boys to work doing?
hunting

farming

fishing

building
21 In what village does Beah last see Junior?
Kamator

Kabati

Mattrru Jong

Mogbwemo
22 How many days does Beah walk alone before encountering people?
six

eight

two

nine
23 Why is the family at the river afraid of Beah?
he does not speak the same language

he steals food from them

he has the initials "RUF" carved into his arm

he is the same age as many RUF soldiers
24 What did the village elder add to Beah's father's blessing on their home in Mogbwemo?
that the family would stay together in the spirit world

that the family would have many children and grandchildren

that the family would prosper and share their wealth

that the family would stay true to the government
25 What does the medicine Beah's grandfather put under his skin allow Beah to do?
blend in with the forest

swim like a fish

resist disease

control snakes

Ishmael Beah takes a matter-of-fact tone in his memoir. Although he is recounting great horrors experienced by his twelve-year-old self, he does not dwell on lurid details or seem to exaggerate for dramatic effect. He states plainly what he sees...

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A Long Way Gone

GradeSaver has a complete study guide for this unit, which includes a short-summary of the novel.

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How did Kanei become a refugee

He escaped with both mother and father, lost two sisters and brothers in chaos. They arrived at the river and got on a boat but the rebels shot at the boat so he swam.

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A Long Way Gone

by Ishmael Beah

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