Comprehension Questions, Chp. 8 - 10

Making Connections – Short Essay Question

After examining the question below, write a thoughtful response based on information you gather from the book. Your response should be at least one page. It needs to have specific details from the book to support your ideas. Answer all parts of the question. This short essay is due on Thursday.



In these pages Ishmael meets a new group of six boys. Although he is nervous about traveling with a group again, he is also too lonely not to.



First, describe the personalities of the six young boys he meets. Then discuss, using two of the boys, how their personalities may represent or symbolize characteristics of the culture of Sierra Leone. To aid your thinking, consider what Ishmael has told the reader about his culture and what is important inside that culture.

Comprehension Questions, Chp. 8 - 10

Answer the following questions related to events that happen in the book. The questions cover events from pages 49- 88. Some questions require only one word and others require a sentence or more. Due on 3/17/2009.



1. Where was Ishmael lost?



2. Ishmael’s grandfather gave him a medicine that helped him do what?



3. While Ishmael is lost what does he try to avoid doing?



4. At one village the seven boys found there was only an old man present. Why?



5. What punishment did the fishermen give to the seven boys?



6. Which two of the seven boys were as quiet as Ishmael?



7. What saved the boys from death at the hands of the second group of fishermen?



8. Who ate the smoked meat the boys had saved for food?



9. Which of the boys said that after every bad experience a part of him died? What terrible thing had he experienced?



10. Despite what happens at the end of Chapter Ten, what news gladdens Ishmael’s heart? What happened that saddened the boys?