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

2. What do the children sing when Garang arrives at the camp?
(a) Rock songs.
(b) Folk songs.
(c) Religious songs.
(d) Patriotic songs.

3. For what did Achor's friend use the tampons?
(a) A candle.
(b) To play with his cat.
(c) To lure women.
(d) To decorate his house.

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

5. What actress adopted Mary Williams?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Mae West.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Jane Fonda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Miss Gladys teach?

2. What do the teachers do to the boys if they misbehave?

3. Where does Valentino walk to after Ethiopia?

4. How did Duluma kill Tabitha?

5. For whom does Valentino start working?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Kenyan doctor help Valentino?

4. What game does Valentino play with the girls?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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