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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Japanese build for the camp?

2. What happens when the children try to run away?

3. How has the village changed since they were last there?

4. What actress adopted Mary Williams?

5. What job does William say he found in a city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What game does Valentino play with the girls?

2. What problems are there between the Ethiopians and the Sudanese?

3. How does Valentino win the girls' attention?

4. How does Deb Newmyer help Valentino at the hospital?

5. How does Julian say he reacted when some people tried to mug him?

6. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

7. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

8. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

9. How does the camp react when John Garang visits?

10. How does Achor Achor help Valentino?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does Valentino's generation face? How are the problems for Valentino's generation different from the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of Eggers' previous books and contrast it with WHAT IS THE WHAT terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Valentino's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to who he is at the end.

1. What did Valentino hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Valentino ideas about life?

3. How has Valentino's character changed by the end of the book?

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