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Chelsea Force & Alyssa Clark

Chapter 1 Level 2: -How has Ishmael been affected by his parents divorce? * -How do the communities in the United States differ from the communities in* Sierra Leone? Level 3: -Does Junior consider Ibrahim a brother because of the lasting affects from his parent’s separation? * -How was Junior affected by his parent’s divorce?* -How would communities in the United States today react to a Civil War such as the one in Sierra Leone? *

Chapter 2 (1) Level 2: -How do communities in Sierra Leone regard the moon? * -How was community life disrupted after the rebel forces attacked? Level 3: -After the rebel attacks do you think the 6 boys are like family? -Based on the actions of the people after the attacks, do you believe the communities of Sierra Leone were ever united? * -Did the community life of Sierra Leone leave a lasting impression on Ishmael?

Chapter 3 Level 2: -How did the Khalilou family treat Ishmael and Junior? -How does Ishmael’s relationship with his mother differ from Junior’s relationship with their mother? * Level 3: -How do communities in Africa treat/regard white people? * -Do the people of the African communities trust the soldiers to protect them? -Did the community and family ties break when lives are in danger?

Chapter 4 Level 2: -How has the war affected Junior and Ishmael’s rlationship? * -How has the war affected the relationship between the six friends? Level 3: -Do you believe the vendors preserving their food are selfish or necessary? -Are the expectations that family’s have for their children too much to ask? * -Does Ishmael truly understand the severity of the situation?

Chapter 5 Level 2: -How does Ishmael view the rebel forces? * -How do the boys recover after heir first encounter with the rebels? Level 3: -Why have the rebels abandoned all culture and manners that were raised to respect and practice? -Has Junior’s mentality changed towards his little brother? Does he feel the need to protect his little brother? -Do you think Junior was ready to abandon his family and community and join the rebel forces? *

Chapter 6 Level 2: -Why did the boys travel in a group of six? -How does Ishmael think about the people that lived in his community in Mogwembo? Level 3: -Why was the chief f the village trusting towards other refugees but wary towards Ishmael and his friends? * -Does Junior still recognize the moon as a source of happiness after all that has happened? -Is Ishmael becoming more dependent or independent from Junior at the end of chapter 6? *

Ch 18 Level 2 -How did his father’s family life effect Ishmael’s family life?

-How has Mohamed and Ishmael’s relationship changed because of the war?

Level 3 -Do you believe that without other people life is not worth living?

-Do you believe that Ishmael’s father divorced Ishmaels’ mother because of the many wives that Ishmael’s grandfather had?

-Do you believe Ishmael is sadder because of his mother and little brother’s death, or his father and older brother’s death? Why?

Ch 19

Level 2 -How has the war effect Ishamel’s ability to have healthy familial relationships?

-How has the war, and the constant death, effected Ishmael’s relationships and the ability to end them?

Level 3 -Do you blame Mambu’s family for refusing to take him in?

-Do you believe that Ishmael sees his Uncle as a father, more so than his own father?

-What does Ishmael’s uncle’s disbelief of Ishmael’s trip to New York reveal about the communities of Sierra Leone?

Ch 20

Level 2 -How do the communities in Sierra Leone view the communities in the United States? -Why did Ishmael believe that his family would not believe his experiences in the city and of American culture?

Level 3 -Pg 184 Do you truly believe Ishmael likes being alone?

-Pg 199 What does the silence on the subway reveal about American communities, and how are they different from those in Sierra Leone?

-Do you believe that the fact that Laura was a storyteller led to Ishmael’s adoption?

Ch 21

Level 2 -Due to the war, and based on the students’ reaction to Ishmael and Mohamed, how have rehabilitated boy soldiers’ place in community changed?

-After losing his family in the war how did his uncle’s death effect him?

Level 3 -Do you believe that Ishmael abandoned his family?

-What does the story at the end of the novel reveal about family bonds?

-Why do you believe that Ishmael could not confide in others while escaping Freetown?