Answers Common Core ELA 10-CR Memoir:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael BeahQuestion 3

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Memoir:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

Question 3 • Common Core ELA 10-CR

What happened nineteen years before Beah was born?

Answer

A

Refugees fled to Mogbwemo.

B

The Sierra Leone Civil War began.

C

Sierra Leone declared independence.

D

RUF rebels attacked Mattru Jong.

Explanation

Ishmael Beah was born in 1980. Nineteen years earlier was 1961, the year Sierra Leone declared independence, so the correct answer is “Sierra Leone declared independence.”

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