chapter 11

1. The boys mourn saidu by crying.
2. Gasemu is someone from ishmaels village. He was a single person that everyone always said that he should’ve gotten married.
3. Gasemu informed him that his family was waiting for him and praying everyday that he is well.
4. When he thought of seeing his family again he felt happy and sad at the same time he wanted to drop everything and run.
5. As he was going down the hill he heard gunshots and dogs barking and he also saw smoke.
6. After the gunshots everything was very quiet as if the world was listening.
7. Gasemu started screaming because he found more than 20 people dead.
8. The house his family stayed at was completely burned.
9. He had a feeling of guilt because if he wouldn’t have rested on the hill he would’ve seen his family.
10. The rebels they saw were happy and giving each other high fives.
11. The rebels were boasting about burning three villages down.
12. No I cant relate to these events because my house has never been burned down.
13. In the end Gasemu died and told the boys to go to a nearby village where cofee and crops were processed.
14. I think that when he saw a familiar face ishmael was happy but he was sad because he wasn’t able to see his family.
15. I think they felt very happy but when they saw what happened to the village they were devastated.
16. Yes I have been very close to getting something and I’ve also seen it slip away.
17. Yes, I believe that ishmaels family made it out of the village.