A Long Way Gone Jeopardy!
Characters
Events
Similes,
Metaphors, and
Personification
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Quote
Identification
Topics and
Themes
$100
This is the name of Ishmael’s older
brother.
Who is Junior?
$200
This is the nurse who helps Ishmael
with his rehabilitation.
Who is Esther?
$300
This is the name of the man Ishmael
meets who reads Julius Caesar.
Who is Lieutenant Jabati?
$400
This is Ishmael’s friend in the
rehabilitation center.
Who is Alhaji?
$500
This is the name of the man who
Ishmael and the other boys were
following to the village before his
parents died.
Who is Gasemu?
$100
What is the “box” that Ishmael rides
in before and after his interview with
the UN?
What is an elevator?
$200
The boys bring these out to the yard
every night only to have them
returned each day, until it rains.
What are mattresses?
$300
When Ishmael performs this play
at the talent show Mr. Kamara
recruits him to be a spokesperson
at the center.
What is a monologue from Julius
Caesar (Shakespeare acceptable)?
$400
While at the rehabilitation center,
Ishmael memorizes what to help
distract himself from his war
memories.
What is song lyrics?
$500
Ishmael rides a bus to this country
to escape Sierra Leone.
What is Guinea?
$100
This literary device compares two
things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
$200
This literary term gives human
qualities to things that are not
actually human.
What is personification?
$300
This quote uses this literary
device: “When Bah and I stepped
through the sliding doors, we
were greeted by an extremely
cold wind” (182).
What is personification?
$400
The following quote uses this
literary device: “…Being in the
house felt as though we had left
New York City and entered a
different world” (200).
What is simile?
The
following
quote
uses
this
$500
literary device: “I concluded to
myself that if I were the hunter, I
would shoot the monkey so that it
would no longer have the chance to
put other hunters in the same
predicament” (218).
What is a metaphor?
$100
This person says, “If I make my
way to New York, can I stay with
you at your house” (209).
Who is Ishmael?
$200
This person says, “’Sure. Give
me a call when you get to
America…I don’t have a phone,
so call Aminatas house and she
can come and get me’” (192).
Who is Uncle Tommy?
$300
This person tells Ishmael,
“Sometimes I think about those
great times we had dancing at
talents shows, practicing new
dances…It seems like all those
things happened a very long time
ago. It is really strange, you
know” (170).
Who is Mohamed?
$400
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This person says, “None of what
happened was your fault. You were
just a little boy, and anytime you
want to tell me anything, I am here
to listen (160).”
Who is Esther?
$500
This person says, “You have been
great soldiers and you all know that
you are a part of this brotherhood”
(129).
Who is Lieutentant Jabati?
$100
This is a phrase, but not a
complete sentence.
What is a topic?
$200
This is a universal idea that
shows connections made in the
novel and often combines two
topics. It must be a full sentence.
What is a theme?
$300
Topic, Theme, Or Neither?
Desensitization to violence is
when people become unfazed,
and even excited by violence.
What is neither?
$400
Topic, Theme, or Neither? Loss
of innocence and loss of hope.
Topic
$500
Topic, Theme, or Neither? When
survival supersedes all other
needs people often stop trusting
others and depend only on
themselves.
Theme