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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. What kind of animal devours two of the boys?
(a) A hippo.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A lion.

2. Who does Valentino want to bribe?
(a) Kenyan soldiers.
(b) Shopkeepers.
(c) Aid workers.
(d) Kenyan police.

3. What is the name of the oldest boy?
(a) Dur.
(b) Tut.
(c) Kur.
(d) Tot.

4. About what does Achor Achor tell a story?
(a) Tissues.
(b) Tampons.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Water balloons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does someone bomb in Kenya and Tanzania?

2. Why does Valantino think Dumalu killed Tabitha?

3. What does Valentino hope the MRI scan will answer for him?

4. What does William begin to throw at people?

5. What subject does Miss Gladys teach?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

3. Why does Valentino not want Achor Achor to call the police?

4. How did Moses escape from the Arabs?

5. How do the elders organize the groups?

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

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

8. How does life in Ethiopia start to get much better for Valentino?

9. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

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

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