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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Duluma kill Tabitha?
(a) He shot her.
(b) He drowned her.
(c) He strangled her.
(d) He stabbed her.

2. What bites the boys as they wait for the boats?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Dragonflies.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Mosquitoes.

3. For whom does Valentino start working?
(a) The Youth and Culture program.
(b) The Dinka Awareness program.
(c) The Formby program.
(d) The Blight program.

4. Which of Valentino's friends volunteers for the army?
(a) Deng.
(b) Dut.
(c) Moses.
(d) William.

5. What does Valentino wait for before he eats the elephant meat?
(a) Salt.
(b) A fire.
(c) A knife.
(d) A prayer book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bobby Newmyer want to make a film about?

2. What is the receptionist's name?

3. What river do the children have to cross?

4. What subject does Miss Gladys teach?

5. What does someone bomb in Kenya and Tanzania?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does William start to throw sand at people?

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

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

4. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

5. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

6. Why do the Dinka think the UN wants to get rid of them?

7. How do the elders organize the groups?

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

9. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

10. How does Eggers mix non-fiction and fiction in the book?

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