A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What country does much of this memoir take place in?

A) Chad

B) Rwanda

C) Sierra Leone

D) Poland

2. Who is Junior to Ishmael?

A) His friend

B) His brother

C) His father

D) His commanding officer

3. Why don’t the boys return to their village at the beginning of the memoir?

A) They can see people fleeing the village and know none of their family members will still be there.

B) They want to travel to the United States.

C) They have been warned to stay away from their homes.

D) They have heard rumors that their families are in Kabati.

4. What causes the boys to steal corn from a small boy?

A) They are suffering from starvation and need to eat.

B) They wish to tease the little boy.

C) They hope that, in making it seem like he doesn’t have food, the rebels will ignore him.

D) They want revenge on his family.

5. What is the biggest reason that people avoid Ishmael and his group of boys?

A) They aren’t able to take care of anyone else because resources are so scarce.

B) They aren’t willing to risk their lives by taking care of them when the rebels are after them.

C) They aren’t sure that they are trustworthy.

D) They aren’t sure that the boys aren’t rebels themselves.