A Long Way Gone – Flashcards
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What was the significance of Beah's grandmother, Mamie Kpana?
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Tells about culture and childhood
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Who did Beah meet in NY that he later lived with?
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Lauara Simms
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What is gari?
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Dried food
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What is Beah's view of the rebels when his family dies?
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Anger, he wanted to kill them
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What saved Beah's life a couple times?
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Cassette Tape and Rap music
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Why did Beah and his girlfriend break up?
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Asking to many questions about his past
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After the war, what did he regret not doing?
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Telling Esther he loved her
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What was the significance of Beah's encounter of the family by the river?
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War had caused trust to be broken
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What country was Beah trying to get to, to be out of the rebels' reach?
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Conkary
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When did Beah leave Sierra Leone?
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October 31, 1997
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What is a wahlee?
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Place outside of village where people process coffee and crops
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Why does Beah state Gaesmu's name with the term Ngor?
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Respectful term placed before the first name of adults
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The war started because the government in Sierra Leone was in search of ___________.
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Blood Diamonds
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As the war escalated, the trust between citizens ___________.
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Broken
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On "holidays," when Beah was a child soldier, what would he do?
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Play soccer games, watch movies, go for a swim
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The curse of the crow killed who?
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Saidu
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What is the name of Beah's friend who dies after eating a crow?
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Saidu
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What event happens in Freetown that causes Beah and his entire family to cry?
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Uncle dies
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Where does Beah sleep when he finally gets to Conakry?
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Sierra Leone Embassy Compound?
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What is the name of the organization that puts Beah in a rehab center?
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UNICEF
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What are some examples of the theme of luck that is very common in the memoir? Mark all that apply.
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Cassette Tape, Getting on the bus without paying, entering Conkary, Being able to escape death countless times
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What relation did Ibrahim have to Ishmael Beah?
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Little Brother
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What event caused Beah to become a perpetrator of violence instead of a bystander of it?
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Josiah's Death
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Why was Beah so infuriated with Ngor Gaseumu when they were travelling to the town that the rest of Beah's family lived in?
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Gasemu had to stop for a break
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What did the dead crow symbolize?
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Death
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What is the purpose to the story at the end of the book?
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Loss and gain of humanity
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What is the name of the drug that is mixed with cocaine and gunpowder?
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Brown Brown
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What caused Beah to not have close non-family friends in Freetown?
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The fact that he was a killer
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How did Esther aid in Beah's rehabilitation? Mark all that apply.
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Cifts, compassion, listening, treating him, didn't judge
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What city does Beah visit when he comes to America?
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NYC
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What is the name of the town where Beah wants to go to be in the talent show?
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Mattru Jong
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In what village were the soldiers located?
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Yele
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What caused Uncle Tommy's death?
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Sudden Illness
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What role did Gasemu play in Beah's journey?
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Saved Beah's life
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What is the name of the rehab center Beah went to?
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Benin House
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In which town did the boys of the first group farm for Gibrilla's uncle?
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Kamator
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What is an example of the theme of "loss of humanity" in the memoir?
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When Beah becomes a killer
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What is it that makes Beah lie in bed and stare at the ceiling and think?
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Nightmares and migraines
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Why is this quotation important? "We went out two more times that week and I had no problem shooting my gun."
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Loss of humanity and accepting his fate
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Which of the following people gives Beah orders while in the army?
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Lieutenant Jabati
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How did rap music influence Beah's view of the United States?
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Beah though that the US was dangerous
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Whose body does Beah unwrap in his dream in Chapter 1?
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Himself
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What does Beah learn about other children in the world at the conference in New York City?
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Hard childhood as well
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"It was the last time I saw _____, my older brother." Who is Beah talking about?
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Junior
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Which two of Beah's friends died when that all became soldiers?
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Musa and Josiah
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What body part hurt and what happened after the villagers stole Beah's crapes?
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Foot and Shoot Rebels in the foot as well
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Why was Beah angry at Gasemu?
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Blammed him for not seeing his family
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What do Beah and Lieutenant both have an interest in?
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Shakespeare
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What is the significance when Beah says "I am not a soldier anymore; I am a child."
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Regained Humanity
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What is the trait that was most important to Beah's survival?
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Hope and Faith
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Why does Beah believe society is not as welcoming and trustworthy as it was before the war?
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No one helped each other
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In what ways did Ester help Beah get his morality back, according to Beah?
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Temporary Sister
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Who does Beah get along the best with in his new family in Freetown?
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Allie
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How does Beah's view on revenge, or vengeance, in the war differ from what he thinks at the U.N. meeting?
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Killing people of of vengeance will only lead to more revenge and killing
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What was the name of the boy, who told stories, like Bra Spider, to Ishmael and the others in the group?
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Musa
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"I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and I killed a man. Suddenly, as if someone was shooting from inside my brain, all the massacres I had seen since the day I was touched by war began flashing in my head." What is the significance of this event?
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Revenge taking over
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"It was as though something were eating the insides of our stomachs." What is the importance of this quotation?
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Starvation
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When does Beah realize the war is real?
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When he returned to his home village
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Why does Beah choose to end the book at the place he did? Why do you think he did not end with a happy last chapter?
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To let people know that his life is still going on and that this is something that he will always have to live with
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Name three people who Beah learns to view as family, even though he is not related to them through blood.
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Esther, Musa, Josiah
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How does Beah's story about the monkey represent the mindsets within wars and Beah's outlook on child soldiers at war?
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Someone will end up dying either way but its something that can be done to prevent others from experiencing the same pain
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What did Beah's father tell him that kept Beah motivated in tough times?
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He was alive for a reason
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Which of the following caused Beah, Junior, and Tole to leave the safety of their village?
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Talent Show
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What happened after Beah told Esther the story? What did she say that got him so mad and how did he respond?
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Esther cried and said it wasn't his fault
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How did Beah get the nickname "Green Snake"?
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Sneaky
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What did palampo mean from the quote "you need to know how to cook something for your palampo life."
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single
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Who offered Beah a winter coat in New York City?
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Laura Simms
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What do they call flip-flops in Sierra Leone?
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Sleepers
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Who helped Beah recover from the war in the rehabilitation center?
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Esther
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What does this quote signify: "I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge."
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War is continuous and a vicious cycle
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What made Beah very angry in the rehab center?
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It's not your fault
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What is the significance of the title, A Long Way Gone?
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A long way gone from where he started
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"...a woman who carried a baby on her back...her child had been shot dead...the bullet didn't go through the baby's body." What theme is present in this quotation?
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Understatement
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"I resisted thinking by listening to the sound of the forest as songs of birds collided with the shouting of monkeys and the cackle of baboons." What literary device is this?
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Personification
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"Being in a group of six boys was not to our advantage." What is the meaning of this statement?
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People were afraid of children. War has broken all trust
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"My squad was my family, my gun was my provider and protector, and my rule was to kill or be killed." What is the significance of this quotation?
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Beah has become so accustomed to killing that he considered it his family
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"The RGP caught up with them. One of them caught a fragment of the RGP. He cried out that he was blind. No one dared to help him." What is the significance of this quotation?
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Everyone for themselves
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Who is Josiah and what is Beah's purpose in mentioning him several times?
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Josiah was the boy that Beah shared a tent with. Like a little brother. War affected young children
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What is the circumstance of this quotation: "...would shake his head and say, 'You lazy town boys."
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Boys were working on a farm and were slow
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At one point in the memoir, Beah stopped running and let a man tie his hands. When and why did he do this?
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Afraid of being killed
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What is the purpose of including this incident: A woman with a seven year old boy did know have the money to pass because she needed the money to buy food. The man still yelled at her?
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People were corrupt and people wanted to gain from other people's suffering
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When and why does Beah say this, "Are you sure you want to be friends with me?"
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Esther, when he talks to her and because he is a child solider
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What was the purpose of the Lieutenant's speech to the people of Yele?
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Join the army or die
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"What is the importance of this quotation" "I have come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge, revenge, revenge, and revenge..."
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Possible to regain humaity
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What good came from Gasemu's delaying Beah and the other boys?
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They lived
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What is the most important purpose that the flashbacks serve in this memoir?
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Events will stay with him forever and he has to live with the burden
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Who is the speaker: "What did my sisters do to anyone?"
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Saidu
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Who is the speaker and what is the occasion of this statement: "My hands began to shake and my heart beat faster."
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Beah, going into war
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What did the old man in the abandoned village symbolize?
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Everyone for themselves, everyone was so scared Everyone for themselves
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Which of these did Beah find particularly troublesome when he entered the rehabilitation center?
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Civilians telling him what to do City Soliders
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At one point Beah says, "These days I live in three worlds." What are these worlds?
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Dreams, Past, Future
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Who is this quotation describing, "...was single and devoted to the care of Ibrahim."
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Beah's Mom
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Who says this, "Visual the enemy, the rebels who killed your parents, your family, and those who are responsible for everything that has happened to you."
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Corporal Gadafi
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What is the significance of this quotation," The idea of death did not cross my mind at all and killing had become as easy as drinking water."
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Loss of Humanity
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What is Beah's home village?
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Mogwembo
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What is the significance of this quotation, "the war memories formed a barrier"?
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Couldn't remember his childhood
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What do the packs of wild dogs Beah encounters several times symbolize?
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Even animals struggled during the war
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Who teaches Beah that family can include more than his blood-kin?
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Esther
