a long way gone jeopardy!
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A Long Way Gone Jeopardy!. $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?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
A Long Way Gone Jeopardy!
Characters Events Similes,
Metaphors, and Personification
Quote Identification
Topics and Themes
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This is the name of Ishmael’s older brother.
Who is Junior?
$100
This is the nurse who helps Ishmael with his rehabilitation.
Who is Esther?
$200
This is the name of the man Ishmael meets who reads Julius Caesar.
Who is Lieutenant Jabati?
$300
This is Ishmael’s friend in the rehabilitation center.
Who is Alhaji?
$400
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?
$500
What is the “box” that Ishmael rides in before and after his interview with
the UN?
What is an elevator?
$100
The boys bring these out to the yard every night only to have them
returned each day, until it rains.
What are mattresses?
$200
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)?
$300
While at the rehabilitation center, Ishmael memorizes what to help
distract himself from his war memories.
What is song lyrics?
$400
Ishmael rides a bus to this country to escape Sierra Leone.
What is Guinea?
$500
This literary device compares two things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
$100
This literary term gives human qualities to things that are not
actually human.
What is personification?
$200
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?
$300
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?
$400
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?
$500
This person says, “If I make my way to New York, can I stay with
you at your house” (209).
Who is Ishmael?
$100
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?
$200
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?
$300
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?
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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?
$500
This is a phrase, but not a complete sentence.
What is a topic?
$100
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?
$200
Topic, Theme, Or Neither? Desensitization to violence is when people become unfazed, and even excited by violence.
What is neither?
$300
Topic, Theme, or Neither? Loss of innocence and loss of hope.
Topic
$400
Topic, Theme, or Neither? When survival supersedes all other
needs people often stop trusting others and depend only on
themselves.
Theme
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