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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 does Dut explain to Valentino?

2. What is the name of Valentino's tribe?

3. What happens when Valentino tries to find another hiding place?

4. Where does Valentino go to fetch the water?

5. With what do the villagers attack the boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mary Williams?

2. What does Valentino say about slavery?

3. What does the name Michael remind Valentino of?

4. What does Valentino see happening from the church?

5. What does Valentino start thinking about when he was a little boy in Sudan?

6. Why was Tabitha unusual among the Sudanese?

7. How does Valentino introduce the themes of the book?

8. What are Valentino's feelings about Sudan now he has moved to America?

9. Why does Valentino say the Arabs will destroy his village?

10. How does Valentino's mother react when they hear airplanes?

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 two of the following people and outline his/her influence on Valentino's life:

1. His father

2. His mother

3. Tabitha.

4. William.

Essay Topic 3

What publicity both negative and positive have the Lost Boys had since coming to America? How have the Lost Boys' lives changed since coming to America? Why has it been difficult for them to settle in America?

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