View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the leader of the SPLA?

2. What does someone bomb in Kenya and Tanzania?

3. Who does Valentino want to bribe?

4. What kills more boys at he end of the section?

5. What kind of animal devours two of the boys?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does a stranger help Valentino in Chapter 14?

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

4. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

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

6. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

7. How does Achor Achor help Valentino?

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

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

10. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

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

Choose one of the following and examine their real life equivalent. How did the author adapt it for his book.

1. The Dinka tribe.

2. The SPLA.

3. The UN camps.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 690 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample