Memoir:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

Question 1

Why are the boys dressed as rappers when they leave home?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They planned to perform at a talent show.

Question 2

How does the excerpt from A Long Way Gone end?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Beah has a flashback of his grandmother’s village before the attack.

Question 3

What happened nineteen years before Beah was born?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Sierra Leone declared independence.

Question 4

Why does Beah use flashbacks instead of revealing events chronologically?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to emphasize the regret he feels

Question 5

When was Beah first “touched by war”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

January 1993

Question 6

Which cities are attacked in the excerpt from A Long Way Gone?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Mogbwemo and Kabati

Question 7

What is Beah’s purpose in writing A Long Way Gone?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to tell the story of how a child was made into a soldier

Question 8

How old is Beah when the Sierra Leone Civil War begins?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

10

Question 9

Which statement accurately reflects the historical context of A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It was published when child soldiers were still a world problem.

Question 10

When does Beah flash back to the last time he saw his parents?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

after Mogbwemo is attacked by rebels

Memoir:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Answers