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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Level 2: How does the events in Sierra Leone affect the narrator when he is in America? Level 2: Why do the memories, while asleep or awake, pain the narrator? Level 3: Does the narrator cope well with the events of his past? Level 3: Did his age at which these event occur makes it harder for him to live day by day? Level 3: Will the narrator ever be fully able to live in his "new life"?

Chapter 3

Chapter 4 Level 2:How does hunger play role in this chapter? Level 2: Why did they going back to Khalilou's house? Level 3: What does the decrease value of money compared to food signify? Level 3:Was it wrong for the group to leave behind the boy who was caught by the rebels? Level 3:So far what has stand out to you, as the reader, the most?

Chapter 5

Chapter 6 Level 2: Why where people afraid of young boys? Level 2: How does the flashback of the Narrator's town give insight to the reader? Level 3:Do the groups of boys signify hope for community of Sierra Leone? Level 3:Does the uncertainty of the narrator's brother add to the tragic experience of what happened in Sierra Leone? Level 3: The narrator calls himself a "misfit", from the reading so far would you say that was true?

Chapter 14 Level 2: Is it possible for the drugs and "routines" able to emotionally erase Ishmael's past? Level 2:In Chapter 14, is Ishmael's present life a result of his past experiences in life? Level 3: Can a person be a prisoner of their past? Level 3:How can one create a future in a country facing war? Level 3: Which time "period" is best to "live" in? the past, present or future?

Chapter 15 Level 2: What was the reason for all of the violence that Ishmael and the other boys displayed when they were taken to the rehabilitation center? Level 2: How has remembering the past affected Ishmael’s present? Level 3: At first the boys did not want to fight, and then after they were taken away from their army all they wanted was to fight. Can man always adjust to life’s circumstances and find comfort, acceptance, happiness in their conditions after experiencing better lifestyles in the past? Level 3: Is being emotionally numb truely not feeling any sort of sensations, or is it choosing to ignore any emotion that arises? What affects does being numb have on a person's future? Level 3: The rehabilitation centers are trying to help these boys become educated and recover etc. Can someone ever be rehabilitated from the situations they have experienced? Through what means would rehabilitation happen? -Justine

Chapter 16 Level 2: What presence do the drugs and violence play in the beginning of Chapter 16? Level 2:Are the headaches a physical reminder of Ishmael's past? Level 3:Can one redeem their future while their present is violent due to personal actions? Level 3:How does the past affect present relationships? Level 3:Can past experiences be reflected in one's present life without the person knowing?

Chapter 17 Level 2: Ishmael talks a lot about his past with Esther, what is the reasoning behind his consistent interactions with Esther? What affects, if any, does she have on Ishmael's future? Level 2: In Chapter 17 Ishmael states that he finally believes that what he had done and what had happened in the past were not his fault. What are the causes of this change in mentality that he shows? Level 3: Is it better to remember the past or to forget it (if that were possible)? Level 3: Will Ishmael ever trust again? Level 3: What significance does Ishmael's ability to dream about his family again show? (Considering he has not been able to think about anything from before the war in so long). -Justine

Chapter 18 Level 2: What are the effects of Esther and Ishmael's relationship in accordance to Ishmael's "recovery"? Level 2: What is the significance of "family", even if they are replacement family members, on Ishmael's present emotional state? Level 3: Can someone be considered family and can there be love between two people in an instance without any past history or connection between them before hand? Level 3: What are the affects of talking about ones lost childhood on the future emotional growth and maturity of a person? Level 3: Are routines good or bad? What patterns in Ishmael's life are healthy, unhealthy, necessary and unnecessary and why? i.e walks with the uncle consistently, and being accustomed to not showing happiness etc

Chapter 19 Level 2:Does Ishmael being "reinstated in normal society" symbolizes transition from his past? Level 2: Why Does Ishmael struggle to accept his leaving of the center? Level 3: Ishmael talks about how he cannot understand why the man who interviewed him smiled. Explain how a person who is seen "fit to re-enter society" struggles to adapt. Level 3:Can telling a person's story help or harm an individuals future? Level 3:Does lack of expression of the past equate to the individual not accepting past deeds?

Chapter 20 Level 2: What is the symbolism behind Ishmael opening up to his experience to a group of people in New York when he couldn't open up to his family? Level 2: At what point did Ishmael realize he really was still a child? Level 3: What affects can new experiences have on a troubled child accustom to a past life of poverty and a loss of childhood? Level 3: Can talking about solutions to problems heal wounds from the past? Level 3: What is the significance of a person's memory being in existence somewhere else in the world or having someone to carry on a person's name?

Chapter 21 Level 2:Explain how going to New York caused change in Ishmael's life, Level 2:What impact does the shooting have on Ishmael? Level 3:Evaluate Ishmael's motives for writing A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Level 3:Does the ending leave, you the reader, satisfied with Ishmael's emotional state? Level 3: Overall, how has Ishmael's story affect your views on society/human beings?