Answers Common Core ELA 10-CR Memoir:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael BeahQuestion 7

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

Question 7 • Common Core ELA 10-CR

What is Beah’s purpose in writing A Long Way Gone?

Answer

A

to discuss whether the RUF or the government militias did the most damage

B

to shame Sierra Leone into apologizing for the war

C

to tell the story of the half a million refugees who fled Sierra Leone

D

to tell the story of how a child was made into a soldier

Explanation

A Long Way Gone is Ishmael Beah’s memoir about his own experience as a child in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Its central purpose is to tell how he was recruited and made into a soldier, and how he later left that life behind. The book is not mainly a comparison of armed groups or a story about all refugees.

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