Chapter 19 Questions / Vocab. & adobe

1. When the people said Ishmael had to be reinstated into the normal society they meant he had to be put back into having a normal life in a normal home.
2. I think the two weeks felt really long because he did nothing and it seems as if on day takes forever to end.
3. A time when I felt as if time took a long time was when I was in juvenile hall I was there for one month and if felt as a year because I did nothing all day long.
4. I think he survived the war because he had a better purpose in life.
5. Well really if that happened I would actually want my little brother to be one of the only ones to survive because he has not yet experienced anything really.
6. He packed 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. Well Mambu had to return back to the front lines because his family didn’t want to take him probably because they thought he wasn’t rehabilitated yet.
8. No I don’t think I can relate to Mambu but I know someone who had that happen to him in juvenile hall where his family never came to pick him up so he had to stay longer.
9. I remember when I lived in Utah for a few months I had to leave and I left all my friends behind and I have not seen them for a few years and I don’t think I will ever see them again.
10. He felt as if he was in love with her and he wanted to let her know but he couldn’t.
11. When his uncle picked him up he treated him as if he were a special guest.
12. Ishmael was welcomed into the family with a big feast with chicken.
13. I think he is happy to finally live normal but it’s a little hard because he hasn’t done that for a very long time.
14. Allie was the one who took him out to the club and it seems as if he had lots of fun.
15. Everyone was dressed very clean and proper and he was used to dressing with clothes that he received so that means he didn’t have much choice.
16. The girls were dancing with him by rubbing on his and then slow dancing with him.
17. The memory of guns firing and people screaming was the flash back he was getting.
18. Well upline is a word used to name the outskirts of the country that don’t show up on the map.
19. The interviews were to see who was going to be chosen to go to the U.S. and represent the war children.
20. They are changing the way Ishmael is by making him dress more professional and be a better speaker than he was.
21. Dr. Tamba is the main person who is preparing them to go to America.
22. Ishmael did get his visa after having a long conversation with the lady that distributes them.
23. Ishmael is off to New York City now and who knows how long he is going to be there for.
    

• Inhabitants- a person or animal that inhabits a place, esp. as a permanent resident.
• Apprentices- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade.
• Congested- to fill to excess.
• Shuffled- to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
• Marvelous- superb; excellent; great.
• Possessed- spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power.
• Intricate- having many interrelated parts or facets.
• Uncertainty- the state of being uncertain.
• Transparent- admitting the passage of light through interstices.