Long+Way+Gone

=**//Long Way Gone// by Ishmael Beah**=

**Setting:** war torn towns in Sierra Leone

ishmael beah = main character, young boy running away from violence but gets sucked in Junior = ishmael's older brother
 * Major Characters w/ brief descriptions: **

Ibrahim- Ishmael's younger brother Talloi, gibrilla, khalilou, kaloko- group of boys along with Ishmael and Junior survive together Alhaji, Musa, Kanei, Saidu, Moriba, Jumah- second group of boys Ishamael is with Esther- Nurse Leslie- Man who helps him find home Laura- friend he met at United Nations
 * Minor Characters: **
 * Conflict: **
 * Ishmael struggles to survive physically and mentally during a civil war. **

He leaves his home country and rehabilates at UNICEF.
 * Resolution (ending): **

1.QUESTION: What was the special skill the group of boys did?
 * QUESTIONS/ANSWERS **

1.ANSWER: they rapped

2.QUESTION: Why did the soles of their feet get burned so badly?

2.ANSWER: they were forced to walk barefoot across a hot sandy beach

3.QUESTION: How does the first group of boys Ishmael is with get separated?

3.ANSWER: there was an attack from the rebels in Kamator where they were sheltering.

4.QUESTION: Where does Ishmael meet the second group of boys?

4.ANSWER: He meets them in the woods where he has lived after the attack on Kamatour for approximately a month.

5.QUESTION: What event happens right before Ishmael was supposed to see his family again?

5.ANSWER: The refugee was attacked and everyone was claimed to be dead.

6.QUESTION: What is UNICEF and what is Ishmael's connection with it?

6.ANSWER: It is an organization that Ishmael is placed in after his experience as a child soldier and he recovers from his "bad phase"

7.QUESTION: What opportunity is Ishmael offered in the US?

7.ANSWER: He is chosen to go to the United Nations to meet other kids from around the world and to make a speech on his experiences in Sierra Leone.

8.QUESTION: Why does Ishmael leave Freetown and where does he go?

8.ANSWER: He leaves because he's afraid he'll become a child soldier again with the circumstances, and smuggles himself over the border to Guinea.

9. Question: Why did the boys travel to Mattru Jong? (Nulee, 3rd Quarter) 9. Answer: They were going to a talent competition to rap.

10. Question: Who is Ishmael's older brother? (Nulee, 3rd Quarter) 10. Answer: Junior.

11. What did the boys do in Kamator? (Nulee, 3rd Quarter) 11. Farmed for three months.

12. What are the "//crapes//" Ishmael always refers to? (Nulee, 3rd Quarter) 12. Sneakers.