A Long Way Gone Jeopardy! Characters Events Similes, Metaphors, and Personification Quote Identification Topics and Themes 100 200 300 400 500

This is the name of Ishmael’s older brother. $100 This is the name of Ishmael’s older brother. Who is Junior?

This is the nurse who helps Ishmael with his rehabilitation. $200 This is the nurse who helps Ishmael with his rehabilitation. Who is Esther?

This is the name of the man Ishmael meets who reads Julius Caesar. $300 This is the name of the man Ishmael meets who reads Julius Caesar. Who is Lieutenant Jabati?

This is Ishmael’s friend in the rehabilitation center. $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?

What is a monologue from Julius Caesar (Shakespeare acceptable)? $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?

Ishmael rides a bus to this country to escape Sierra Leone. $500 Ishmael rides a bus to this country to escape Sierra Leone. What is Guinea?

This literary device compares two things using the words like or as. $100 This literary device compares two things using the words like or as. What is a simile?

What is personification? $200 This literary term gives human qualities to things that are not actually human. What is personification?

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?

$500 The following quote uses this 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 *** DAILY DOUBLE *** 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?

Who is Lieutentant Jabati? $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?

This is a phrase, but not a complete sentence. $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?

Topic, Theme, or Neither? Loss of innocence and loss of hope. $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