Chapter 18 Questions / Vocab & adobe

1. Ishmael believes he has nothing left to live for because he seems to have no family left.
2. Esther treats Ishmael as if he were his brother and she gives him presents and talks about optimistic things only to him.
3. Abigail is a girl who he dated in secondary school and she seemed to be a very pretty girl who talked to Ishmael all the time just like Esther.
4. The visitors were important people because some were the sponsors or helpers of the rehab center that he was in and they all dressed nice with suits.
5. I do think the visitors made him nervous because they looked as if they were capable of doing whatever to them.
6. Esther wanted Ishmael to sing for the talent show but he decided something else.
7. Mr. Kamara told Ishmael that everyone was impressed with his talent.
8. During gatherings Ishmael would talk about stuff like saying it was possible for young boys to be rehabilitated just as he was.
9. When Ishmael saw his friend Mohamed he was happier than he had been in a long time because he remembered when he had last seen his friend and he thought he was never going to see him ever again.
10. Tommy is his father’s brother but it seemed as if he wasn’t because Tommy looked way too light from the skin.
11. Repatriated means when a soldier is reunited with his old community.
12. As soon as Tommy walks into the room to meet Ishmael he looks as if he wanted to start crying and he did he hugged Ishmael and convinced him that he was his uncle.
13. A time I reunited with someone I hadn’t seen in a long time was when I saw my dad after 4 years because he was in prison it felt as if I was complete in family wise.
14. Tommy had promised to visit Ishmael every weekend and he did.
15. Ishmael thought he would feel guilty if he told his friends about his uncle because they still had no family found for them.
16. Ishmael loved the walks with his uncle because he would always receive a little present and they would always talk about his father and these talks were important because it was helping him feel better.
17. I would probably not care about them and probably had given up on that word already.
18. His uncle lives in a place called New England Ville which was a hilly area in the western part of Freetown.
19. His aunt is a really nice lady with a glowing face, short with very dark skin, dark cheekbones, and bright eyes.
20. I think his aunt is very excited for Ishmael to go and stay with them because she likes having fosterage kids that are real family.
21. Ishmael learned that his grandfather had many wives and his father had brothers he didn’t even know of or ever talked about.
22. One thing I learned about my family is that are ancestors are from Japan, France, and Italy.

• Emphasized- lay stress upon.
• Monologue- a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker.
• Rehabilitated- to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
• Reggae- a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
• Continually- very often.
• Concerns- be of interest or importance to.
• Reuniting- to unite again, as after separation.
• Repatriated- to send back to one's own country.