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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 is the name of Valentino's sponsor?

2. What kind of animal do the boys eat?

3. What does the UN build for the camp?

4. What does the man give Valentino to drink?

5. What kind of animal devours two of the boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the teacher's young nieces distract the boys?

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

3. Why does the UN build a fence around the camp?

4. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

5. How does Achor Achor help Valentino?

6. What problem does Valentino say Sudanese men are having in America?

7. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

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

9. How did Moses escape from the Arabs?

10. How does the camp start to discipline the boys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the SPLA and how influential were they in Sudan? What does Valentino thinks of the SPLA? How does Eggers express Valentino's views in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the SPLA and how influential have the SPLA been in Sudan? What are Valentino's views on the SPLA? How does he express his views in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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