Casstte 7 Side A

1. Hannah went to Mr. Porter for help.
2. Hannah and Mr. Porter’s conversation didn't go too well, he was not very helpful
3. Mr. Porter could have helped Hannah out by preventing her suicide by actually doing his job.
4. I think Mr. Porter did not go after Hannah when she left him in the office because he didn't realize what she really meant in what she said.
5. Hannah- the girl who killed herself, Mr. Porter- the English counselor
6. Hannah's last words were "I'm Sorry"
7. He was crying because he felt bad.
8. There hasn't been a time when I couldn't control myself crying.
9. He says thank you in the end because he had nothing else to say about the tapes.
10. I didn't have a favorite part in this chapter.
11. I can't relate to anything in this chapter.

Cassette 6 Side B

1. Hannah decided to commit suicide by over taking pills because it was the least painful way for her.
2. The last time clay saw Hannah was at school.
3. Bryce Walker Called Hannah to his house over the fence to get in the Hot tub.
4. Hannah got inside the hot tub with Courtney and Bryce Walker, then Courtney left shortly after.
5. Hannah was suicidal, Courtney called Hannah to get in the hot tub, Bryce was harassing Hannah in the hot tub.

6. The setting was at Courtney's house.

7. I did not have a favorite part in this chapter.

8. I can't relate to anything in this chapter.

Cassette 6 Side A

Ch. 12 Cassette 6: Side A
1. Tony is connected to the tapes because
2. Hannah gave Tony a bike.
3. Hannah left the box of tapes outside Tony’s house.
4. Hannah gave Tony the second set of tapes because he was at the Party.
5. Jenny is from the student body office. She is in the tapes because she was involved in the accident of the old man that died.
6. Jenny ran over the stop sign without reporting it which later on caused on accident.
7. An old man died when he crashed with another car because of a missing stop sign at the accident.
8. Jenny was a cheerleader, Tony received a bike, and Hannah killed herself.

Cassette 5 Side B

1. The couple that was sitting outside walked in the room.
2. Hannah didn’t do anything to stop the rape because she said she was in a meltdown.
3. He was hiding in the closet.
4. Hannah blames herself and Justin.

Cassette 5 Side A

1. I did not know tony had anything to do with the tapes because he was just clay’s random friend from school.
2. Clay is number 9 on the 5th tape.
4. I think clay does not belong in the list because he because it wasn't really reasonable for him to be a part of it
5. Hannah was so surprised that clay was going to the party because she was going to have the time to talk to him and make that connection.
6. Hannah was grounded because of her grades
7. Hannah raised her grades so she was able to go to the party
8. Hannah and Clay’s conversation consisted of personal questions .
9. Hannah pushed clay away because she thought that she was adding to her reputation as a slut. 10. After Clay left Hannah went home.
11. What is the setting in his chapter is outside the neighborhood.
12. Clay, Hannah are the main characters.

Cassette 4 Side B

1.Clays mom leaves him alone because the mom knows he is going through something and wants to be left alone.

2.Peer communication is important for Hannah because they encourage people in that class , it was a safe haven her.

3.Mrs. Bradely used the peer communication calss and points for class particiption and she had no one snickering or picking on each othher.

4.Clay saw Tony standing behind him at Rosies resturaunt.

5.Zach took the note cards out of Hannahs bag Zach did that because he was just mean to her but she didnt understand.

6.Hannah wanted to change her apperance becuse she wanted for people to notice and care that she is hurting inside.

7.Hannah loosened the bag so she can catch Zach in the act of taking out the notes.

8.Zach didnt apologizeto Hannah because he had a inside crush on her he was trying to protct her.

9.Hannahs meltdown in the hallway happened because she gave herself away, She found out Zach was stealing her notes and Zach found out that she put the note that said she wanted to commit suicide but he still didnt try to reach out.

10.Some warning sings of a individual is if a person makes a dramatic change or if they mention anything odd , and if they say they want to commit suicide.

Cassette 4 Side A

1.Clays mom leaves him alone because the mom knows he is going through something and wants to be left alone.

2.Peer communication is important for Hannah because they encourage people in that class , it was a safe haven her.

3.Mrs. Bradely used the peer communication calss and points for class particiption and she had no one snickering or picking on each othher.

4.Clay saw Tony standing behinid him at there resturaunt Rosies

5.Zach took the note cards out of Hannahs bag Zach did that because he was just mean to her but she didnt understand.

6.Hannah wanted to change her apperance becuse she wanted for people to notice and care that she is hurting inside.

7.Hannah loosened the bag so she can catch Zach in the act of taking out the notes.

8.Zach didnt apologizeto Hannah because he had a inside crush on her he was trying to protct her.

9.Hannahs meltdown in the hallway happened because she gave herself away, She found out Zach was stealing her notes and Zach found out that she put the note that said she wanted to commit suicide but he still didnt try to reach out.

10.Some warning sings of a individual is if a person makes a dramatic change or if they mention anything odd , and if they say they want to commit suicide.

Cassette 3 Side B

1. I honestly cant relate to anything that Hannah is going through.
2. The Valentine story has something to do with the story because people lied when they were filling out the survey.
3. Hannah's mysterious callers name was Marcus.
4. She didnt want to tell her because it was going to be embarrassing for her.
5. Clay's mom is worried about him because he was getting home late and he wouldnt leave her a phone call.
6. Nobody helped Hannah because no one liked to get involved in other people situations.
7. Marcus is Hannah's date and was 30 minutes late ,Courtney is the girl that massaged Hannah when Tyler was choking his chicken outside of Hanna's window.

Cassete 3 Side A

1.Courtney was one of Hannah Bakers friends.
2.Hannah sees her as a a popular girl but she thought she gave impressions she thought she was fake.
3.Yes, someone I know that is always posed and yes they always change they are them self in private but different when around others to put on an impression.
4.Courtney affected Hannah because she felt betrayed as a friend and knew Courtney was putting on a pose.
5.People could not resist Courtney because she took the free route and decided to put on a front.
6.Clay is so compelled to go to all of the locations he feels like whatever it takes he truly wants to understand what happened.
7.Clay saw an old friend on the bus that was named Sky Miller
8.Clay sees Marcus outside of Tyler's house.
9.The person that broke Tyler's window was Alex
10.Hannah thinks that Courtney used her because Courtney was just trying to get a ride and didn't hang out with her.
11.The events that happened at the party are Hannah saw her very first fist fight, and she also took a picture with Courtney
12.Courtney told the boy she saw at the gate that Hannah has some surprises buried in her dresser drawer.
13.Yes, because Courtney was just using her from the start and didn't deserve anything from anyone.

Cassette 2 Side B

1. Clay ordered a hot chocolate at Monet's in honor of Hannah.
2. Clay is clueless why he is involved because he believes he didn't do anything to make her kill herself.
3. Tyler was a "peeping Tom" who would stalk Hannah.
4. Hannah described Tyler as a creepy, Peeping Tom.
5. Tyler was on the tapes because he was stalking and taking pictures of Hannah through her window.
6. Hannah was recording this tape underneath Tyler's window.
7. Tyler took pictures of Hannah outside her room.
8. I wouldn't ignore i would confront it as soon as it happened.
9. I would tell an adult and/or the cops.
10. I don't know how i would avoid a stalker but just by staying away.
11. Hannah's dad would walk outside to the sidewalk to make sure no one could see her from the street.
12. Tyler's window is described as the shades being all the way down, and made of bamboo, or fake bamboo. and between each stick is a varying amount of space.
13. Hannah wanted to tell the girl in her class about the peeping tom because the girl was a good listener and sympathetic.
14. The girls tricked the "Peeping Tom" to thinking they didn't know he was outside the window.
15. I don't think a Staler gets anything from this.
16. I think they drama wont end it will just continue and all will have connections to each other.
17. I think Tyler would have had gotten in trouble with the police and gotten a punishment.
18. Tyler destroyed Hannah's safe place because she said that's all she had left.
19. Clay found an upside-down photograph of Hannah and noticed that Hannah's hand was wrapped around the waist of another student, Courtney Crimsen

Cassette 2 Side A

1. Ms. Antilly called Hannah because she was the counselor.
2. The real reason Ms. Antilly asked Hannah to go early to school because so she can meet the other new students.
3. The relationship with Jessica was like her new friend.
4. Some similarities with them include their laughs.
5. I don't know who the mystery man is.
6. Jessica's personality include outgoing, honest.
7. The meaning Monet's Garden had to Hannah, Jessica, and Alex was like home.
8. Jessica was so upset about the list because she was upset about how he chose Hannah over Jessica.
9. Hannah's reason was for him to get back at Jessica.
10. I never experienced a rumor that messed up my friendship.
11. Jessica's reaction to Hannah's reason was that she was just upset about the rumor.
12. The setting in the chaper was Monet's.
13. All the main characters in the chapter include, Hannah, Jessica, Alex, and Monet.
14. The problem in the chapter was about the list.
15. The next section may be about the person who wrote the list.

ch 4 cassette 1 side b

1. Justin’s story affected Hannah by disrespecting her.
2. Alex Standall was next on the tape.
3. Her relationship with Alex was not much, he thought she had the best ass in the freshman class.
4. Her reputation according to Justin was a joke of her being hot.
5. I have regretted believing in something not true about another.
6. According to Hannah she was placed in the “list” for revenge to Jessica.
7. The disrespect of talking about someone in that was affect Hannah so much.
8. Clay went to Hannah’s old house because it was marked on the map.
9. The Blue Spot was a liquor store by her old house.
10. An event at the Blue spot that made Hannah so upset was when a jerk grabbed her and she felt really uncomfortable.
11. Clay bought an orange soda and a butterfinger at the store?
12. The whole incident with Hannah at the liquor store was disrespectful.
13. There has not been a time a person has done something very uncomfortable to you.
14. Clay started noticing Hannah differently after “the list” came out because of the rumor.

Cassette 1: side A

1. Hannah Baker was on the tape.

2. The tapes for certain people she wanted to listen to what she had to say.

3. Someone that has affected me growing up would be my mother, both positive and negative going through experiences.

4. Hannah committed suicide.

5. Clay uses the excuse of him not even knowing Hannah well enough for everything?

6. Hannah’s tone in her tape was dark.

7. Hannah died by overdose.

8. The rules of the tape were that who ever listened to the tapes has to pass it along to the person on the list.

9. If I received the tapes, I would have been feeling weird.

10. The sensations Clay feels before pushing the play button was confused.

11. No I would not hear the tapes, I wouldn't bother.

12. He knew her because he hooked up with her at a party but never talked again afterwards.

13. He was confused about why he received the tapes from her.

14. He received a map in his locker.

15. Clay put the map under his books.

16. Justin Foley's importance in Hannah’s life was that he was her first kiss.

17. According to Hannah one of the worst feelings was knowing a rumor is being spread around school about you.

18. The tape described Justin first.

19. I think people are passing around the tapes because they are scared to keep it.

20. I would no continue down the list, I'd just throw it away.

21. Hannah and Kat called Justin to come over to their house.

22. Clay decide not to throw the tapes away because he was scared to.

23. I wouldn't even listen to the tapes because it wouldn't be worth my time.

24. Clay’s thoughts about Hannah was that he was scared to talk to her.

25. Hannah obsessed with Justin.

26. Hannah went Kat to for advice on boys.

27. I have someone that I trust and could tell anything to.

28. Hannah in the beginning had a dark tone.

29. The lie that Justin told Hannah’s mom.

30. Justin lied to the mom because he was afraid to say the truth.

31. Hannah pissed off about lies being told about her.

32. There hasn't been anyone that upset me because of name calling.

33. Hannah’s first kiss was at a park.

34. I do not remember my first kiss.

35. The rocket ship to Hannah was her dream.

36. The rumor was about Hannah being called a slut.

37. I don't remember any rumor

38. Tony is one of Clay's friends.

39. So far Clay’s role is the confused child who doesn't know why exactly he received the tapes.

40. The impression did Clay leave on Toni’s mother was being shy.

41. Clay took a cassette player from Toni’s car.

Chapter 2

1. The narrator is Clay.
2. In the box contained tapes.
3. I received a letter from my school which was unexpected.
   

Chapter 1

1. The story starts off with him being in a store.

2. The package contained tapes and it didn't have a return address.

3. Narrator picked up the tapes and took it home.

4. The feelings expressed were mysterious.

5. The tone so far was mysterious

6. I think instructions were on the tapes.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 21

1. His memories gives him a tingling sensation in his belly.
2. He never seen so many white people that are in a rush.
3. His school back home is not as high-tech as Sbta.
4. The kids helped their teacher with growing crops in their farms or gardens. The teachers get paid with crops in his country.
5. No one sat close to him or Mohamed because they used to kill people.
6. I would not be nervous to be friends with them because I would like to learn from their experience.
7. May 25, 1997 was the day they have waken up from noise from around the city.
8. The cause of the noise were gunshots because the government has been overthrown.
9. The newly freed prisoners were handed guns and they went to the houses of judges and lawyers who had sentenced them and killed them and their families.
10. I think that's crazy how the government can let them out and let them do that.
11. The prison system is different from US because our system is more secure.
12.I would feel very paranoid and in fear if I were to live in Freetown when all this is happening.
13. The city turn into lawlessness because the RUF and the army had collaborated in ousting the civilian government for the benefit of the nation.
14. I would that that if life would be like if we had no laws and people handled their own troubles that the world would be chaotic and I would not want to live there.
15. The rebels were blowing up bank vaults and looting money.
16. The secret market conducted conducted unavailable food items that were sold to civilians.
17. The rebels ordered everyone to put down their bags of food, and to lie flat on the ground.
18. Civilians were dieing in the streets for no reason, just like how the rebels shot the woman in the head for panicing and running away.
19. Mohamed went with Ishmael and ran home.
20. The gun shots lasted for 5 months.
21. People eating raw rice most of the days.
22. His uncle was sick and died.
23. Some of his rehabilitated friends returned to being in the war.
24. If I were Ishmael and stayed in Freetown, I think I would end up joining the rebels again.
25. The only way of getting out of Freetown without being killed was to travel during curfew right before sunrise.
26. Their final destination was out of Freetown into New Guinea.
27. The soldiers were so strict into searching them because they might have something they don't want having.
28. There was room on the bus for him
29. He made it out of Freetown.
30. He has escaped death because he is a really lucky person.
31. He offer his story for people who have never experienced war.
32. The talking monkey was about making choices of either letting your mother of father die.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 20

1. His version of NYC was people looking for violence on the streets? He got his idea of NYC from rap music.
2. I think NYC would be really busy, crowded, and cold.
3. He had no idea what winter was because he had never experienced the cold in Sierra Leone? He learn about winter from movies.
4. He felt cold and was surprised NYC wasn't what he expected.
5. I experienced culture shock when I first moved to the US. buildings, cars, traffic etc. were similar but the way people acted were different.
6. They were staying at Vanderbilt YMCA hotel.
7. The other children there all has similar stories of starvation, war, and suffering.
8. He was baffled by the food because he had never seen other types of food before and hard for him to adjust how he ate.
9. He learned about some of the other children there and they had somewhat of a similar struggle as him.
10. Laura Simms is a white woman who was a story teller from NYC that teaches people hot to tell their stories in a more compelling way.
11. He didn't accept her winter jacket because it was a girl's jacket.
12. Him and Madoka visited the Times Square and saw tall buildings, colorful lights, big colorful advertisement screens.
13. The conference was about each country speaking briefly at the UN Economic and Social Council chamber about their country and experiences.
14. His speech was about where he's from, what he's been through, and how things are at Sierra Leone.
15. Yes I agree with his speech because I just agree with it.
16. Tell me one experience you have had that has changed your life and you are still working on or dealing with.
17. Music and dancing was a big part of his life because it was part of his culture.
18. He left NY on Nov. 15, 1966.
19. He was going back home.
20. I think he will move to NYC in the next chapter.
21. His life will be different now in Sierra Leone by how he changed his life.
22. I don't think he will return to the group he was a part of.
23. I don't know a time where I have experience growth from something negative.




1. Generate- bring into existence
The new manager generated a lot of problems.


2. Accumulating- get or gather together
I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife.


3. Radiator- any object that radiates energy
A radiator can radiate energy.


4. Baffled- people who are frustrated and perplexed
The children faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled.


5. Facilitators- the condition of being made easy
Social facilitation is an adaptive condition.


6. Compelling- driving or forcing
Compelling ambition.


7. Awe- an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe.


8. Oriented- adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances sometimes used in combination
The house had its large windows oriented toward education.


9. Overwhelmed- charge someone with too many tasks
I overwhelmed him with the work I gave him.


10. Mesmerized- having your attention fixated as though by a spell
He was mesmerized.


11. Aimlessly- without aim; in an aimless manner
He aimlessly traveled.


12. Influential- having or exercising influence or power
He had an influenced experience with his friend.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 19

1. It means that Ishmael had to be reinstated into the normal society by living with relatives.

•2 weeks felt longer than the 8 months at Benin home because he felt like he wasn’t doing much.

•3. A time when I felt time was long was when I was really bored and wasn’t doing anything.

•4. He survived the war.

•5. I would not want to be the only survivor from your family because I would feel lonely.

•6. The items that he packed in his plastic bag were a pair of sneakers, four T-shirts, three shorts, toothpaste, a toothbrush, a bottle of Vaseline lotion, a Walkman and some cassettes, two long-sleeved shirts, and two pairs of pants and a tie.

•7. Mambu went back in front lines because his family refused to take him.

•8. I cannot relate to mambu.

•9. I was able to see my friends again when I went on vacation, it’s just that I was in a long distance and couldn’t see them until I get back,

•10. Ishmael loved Esther and wanted to tell her he loved her but never did,

•11. His uncle picked him up as soon as he got off the van and welcomed him.

•12. He was welcomed in the family happily.

•13. He is nervous about the situation situation, and he shares a room with his cousin Allie with a clean, organized room.

•14. Allie took him out to a dance.

•15. Everyone were dressed semi-formal and he remembers when he would dance until they take their shirts off and feel the morning breeze

•16. The girls didn’t let him give them an answer when they wanted to dance with him.

•17. He remembers when they raided a school dance seeing blood everywhere,

•18. Upline is a Krio word used in Freetown to refer to the backwardness of the inner country, its inhabitants, and their mannerisms,

•19. The interviews were for why they should go to the UN to present the situation affecting children in their country,

•20. They are changing Ishmael’s looks and how he presents himself.

•21. Dr. Tamba is was the person he was supposed to meet at the American embassy.

•22. He got his Visa.

•23. He Is off to New York City now.

•Inhabitants- a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident.

–The animals are inhabitants of the area.

•a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

–an apprentice to a plumber.

•Marvelous- superb; excellent; great

–It was a Marvelous show.

•Possessed- spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power

–He possessed a strong feeling.

•Intricate- having many interrelated parts or facets

•-he Intricate all his facts.

•Uncertainty- the state of being uncertain

–He was uncertain about his job.

•Transparent- admitting the passage of light through interstices.

–Glass is transperent.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 17

•1. The nurse is nice and very caring for Ishmael

•2. Ishmael was being teased because they thought the nurse liked Ishmael.

•3. The nurse told him she might not want to be friends with him.

•4. He didn’t trust anyone in his life at the moment because he didn’t like the place he was in.

•5. I have never been in a situation where I feel the same as Ishmael.

•6. The nurse gave Ishmael a walkman cassette player.

•He is happy that he received the gifts.

•7. When he shot the prisoners, he found their somber eyes irritating.

•8. Ishmael had tears in her eyes and told him that it wasn’t his fault.

•9. Because she didn’t want the walkman to be stolen.

•10. When he got shot in the foot and having to deal with the pain is what stood out.

•11. He is somewhat caring, he didn’t want to give up on Ishmael.

•12. No he has not.

•13. He saw flashbacks of the first time he slit a man’s throat.

•14. His surgery went rough with him feeling all the pain.

•15. When I broke my collar bone and found out they didn’t make casts for the collar bone.

•16. He went outside and asked for his weapon after he gained consciousness.

•17. He shot the people dead who shot him in the foot.

•18. He feels sad when he gets flashbacks.

•19. Why did Esther come on her Day off?

•20. They bought him a Bob Marley Exodus cassette.

•21. So he can write down what he is thinking.

•22. I have never wrote a song.

•23. Ishmael liked the story of Rastafarianism and King Solomon and queen of Sheba because he related the long distance they traveled and their determination to reach their destination.

•24. A song from Bob Marley I like is One Love, its calming.

•25. What phrase did Ishmael start to believe?

•26. My Family has helped me out of my rut.

•27. Ishmael liked talking to Esther because he can open up to her.




Delved- to carry on intensive and thorough research for data
-He delved his research data.

Conversation- informal interchange of thoughts, information
-He had a long conversation about life with his friends.

Burdensome- oppressively heavy; onerous.
-Him being Burdensome had him.

Wharf- a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest
-The wharf was destroyed due to the weather.

Cringe- to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility
-She cringed in fear.

Genuine- possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic
-They had the finest genuine leather in their house.

Anguish- excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
-He had overcame his anguish during that time.

Rastafarianism - a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.
-He strongly believed in rastafarianism.

destination- the place to which a person or thing travels or is sen
Their destination was in Rome.

somber- gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
There was a somber passageway.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 16

•The civilians telling him what to do made him infuriating.

•They hated attending scheduled medication checkups.

•Them having major cravings was the result of them not having drugs.

•They placed a bucket over the cook’s head and pushed him around to put more milk in their tea.

•I have never bullied anyone.

•The drugs in his system were wearing off and started to get steal pain relievers.

•I can’t relate to his cravings.

•In between meals they would fight for hours for no reason.

•The staff members would come back after getting beaten up because they want to help them.

•Poppay is an ex-military man. They wanted dry matresses because the mattresses they dad were soaked.

•I would feel very tired and fed up If I had to go through that all day.

•He was getting so many migraines because he is not used to not being in the front lines.

•what did they do to the classroom? what happened to him because of it?

•They would burn the school supplies and get more to burn or sell from staff members.

•After breakfast they took the bus to the city,

•When they went to the villages they were scouting for a new base before wet season started.

•Most villages weren't suitable because they were either burned for destroyed,

•Rambo was the famous movie do they refer all their war moves from.

•They are cruel now and kills for fun.

•They killed everyone they saw in the village.

•Alhaji got the name little Rambo.

•Ismael’s nickname was green snake because he was unnoticeable when firing at enemies while hiding in bushes.

•The city had very tall buildings and everyone seemed busy and in a rush.

•The informal school was for simple subjects such as math and English.

•When he tried to sleep without medicine, he would wake up an hour later from nightmares.

•The rainy seasons for Sierra Leone were May through October with heavy rains through July till September,

•They took the bus home and didn’t pay for it because they had no money.

•They would think about the war memories.

•They couldn’t sleep because they were traumatized about the war.

•The staff member would always say “This isn’t your fault” because they know what they have been going through.

•Infuriating-causing or tending to cause anger or outrage

– He was infuriated about the place.

•Civilian-a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.

– Civilians tend to wander around.

•Vengeance-infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person

– He was avenging his friend.

•Cringed-to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility

–He was cringed in the basement,

•Illuminated-to supply or brighten with light

–The paper was very illuminated.

•Maneuver-a planned and regulated movement or evolution

–They planned to maneuver around the area.

•Kiosks-a small structure having one or more sides open, used as a newsstand, refreshment stand, bandstand

–They planned to make a small kiosk on the side.

•Apprentice-a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

–The boy was his apprentice.

•Looted-spoils or plunder taken by pillaging

–The place was looted.

•Sporadic-appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time

–The event was very sporadic.

A Long Way Gone Chapter 15

•Ch. 15

•They have been fighting for over two year and killing became their daily activity.

•Four men from UNICEF arrived in the village.

•He considered his village his home and his friends and lieutenant as family

•He’s been fighting for two years and he is now 15.

•What did he want to hear from Jumah ? Does that surprise you?

•They chatted about how good the drugs were all night.

•They are taking them to Freetown to be put in school and to find another life.

•He felt angry and wanted to hijack the truck and to drive it back to Bauya.

•They want to fight eachother because they fought for different sides of the war.

•The men in clean clothes were city soldiers, they can tell they were city soldiers by how clean their guns and uniforms were.

•He threatened to kill the man who tried to search him.

•I think Ishmael is feeling angry about him leaving.

•He saw a busy street with cars he had never seen before, and he is still clueless with where he is going.

•They noticed the similarities between them when the new arrivals came.

•When the boy took off his shirt, he had a RUF on his arm and a fight broke out afterwards.

•Violence cheered them up for the day because they were bored all day,

•The military vehicles transported them to Benin Home, another rehabilitation center.

•He felt happy when he was in the new center because he had taken care of the rebels.

•He threatened to kill them with a grenade in his hand.

•The boy says he fought for the RUF because they were fighting for freedom, and that the army killed their family and destroyed his village.

•The camp was helping the boys rehabilitate.

•The people trying to break the fight were just ignored.

•6 people were killed in the fight 2 from his side and 4 from the rebels.

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Captured- to take by force or stratagem

He captured the city.

•Outskirts- the outlying district or region

She lived on the outskirts of the city.

•Commander- a person who commands.

The commander lost his battle.

•Mingle- to become mixed, blended, or united.

The kids mingled in the center,

•Jovial- endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship

That is very Jovial of the person.

•Accustomed- customary; usual; habitual

They were very accustomed of the situation.

•Snatch- to make a sudden effort to seize something

He snatched all his ammunition.

•Gathered- to bring together into one group, collection, or place.

I gathered all the food.

•Impatiently- Indicating lack of patience

He impatiently killed all the dogs.