chapter 1 questions Part 1 and Part 2

All questions need to be answered in complete sentences !!!
Part 1 questions:
A Long Way Gone -by Ishmael Beah

Preface: predict what will happen in the book. What do you think the narrator is feeling based on his reaction from his friends questions?
(5 sentences)

Ch. 1 questions

1. How did the refugees act that walked through their town?


2. How old is the main character when he is first affected by the war?


3. What kind of music where the boys fascinated with? (Quotes from the book)

4. Where were they going and why? .

5. What did they bring on their trip? Describe what they were wearing.

6. What was the prank the narrator pulled when they were swimming in the river?

7. What impression do you get from the description of his grandparents?

8. When they arrived at Mattru Jong, whose house did they stay at? Describe

9. What did they hear was happening at home?

10. Where did they go to wait for news about the main character’s family? What did they decide to do next?

11. Describe the living situation between the man characters family.

12. What was a warning they received?

13. What happened as they waited back at his grandmother’s village?

14.Why did they decide to go back to Mattru Jong instead of staying at the grandmother’s village or going home?

15. What were some new regulations in Mattru Jong?

16. What conclusions did the boys come up with abut the war?

17. In your own words describe what the old man meant by “ we must strive to be like the moon’.