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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 do the Arabs do for one hour?

2. What kind of wife do most of the Sudanese in America want?

3. What class did Valentino attend with Tabitha?

4. What city did Tabitha live in?

5. What culture recognizes Sharia law?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Valentino's mother react when they hear horses?

2. What did Valentino know about African Americans before he came to America?

3. What does the African American couple want?

4. What problem does Valentino's father have with the rebels?

5. Why do some of the Sudanese dislike Mary Williams?

6. How do Valentino and his mother manage to escape to a compound full of grain?

7. What problems do the boys have at the beginning of their journey?

8. How do the Arabs destroy Valentino's village?

9. How does Valentino describe his mother?

10. Why does Valentino join Dut and his group?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare African and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the construction of Eggers' argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Eggers' argument?

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