ch 8 voc, and questions

Ch. 8 vocab define- sentence and picture

1. Suitable-
2. Familiarize-
3. Vicinity-
4. Irresistibly-
5. Hesitantly-
6. Medicinal-
7. Visualize-
8. Notorious-
9. Lured-

A Long Way Gone

Ch.8 Questions part 1

1. Why do you think he was feeling someone is always after him? Can you relate?

2. What is always on his mind?

3. Describe his sleeping situation?

4. Describe what food kept him alive?

5. Describe the medicine grandpa made. What does it do?

6. What was the most difficult part being in the forest?

7. Tell me a time when you wished you could stop thinking but you couldn’t?

8. Describe his life in the forest?

9. What drove his spirit alive?

10. How do they differentiate from what tribe each person is from?

11. What does this mean, pg.55 “Our innocence had been replaced by the fear and we had become monsters”?

12. Why were men with machetes after them often?
Ch 8 questions part 2

1. Explain how the images he is coming across is affecting him.
2. What does he do to keep his mind occupied?
3. Does Ishmael seem afraid to be lost in the jungle?
4. Do you think it was a risk to eat the strange fruit?
5. How do you think the memories of his family make him feel?
6. What crafty resources does he use to clean his body?
7. Explain the internal conflict going on between Ishmael and his thoughts?
8. He is starting to fear the forest and the possibilities, describe some possible dangers that are scaring him.
9. Ishmael keeps reminiscing about times with his family. What do you think this does for him emotionally?
10. How long does he stay in the forest?
11. Who did he run into?
12. What indicated what tribe they were from?
13. How did one of the boys comfort him?