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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. Who does Valentino want to bribe?

2. Who invites the boys to eat with them?

3. What does William say they did when they saw the train behind on fire?

4. What language does a commander ban the children from speaking?

5. What does the man give Valentino to drink?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

2. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

3. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

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

5. How does Valentino win the girls' attention?

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

7. What problems are there between the Ethiopians and the Sudanese?

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

9. How does the Kenyan doctor help Valentino?

10. How do the elders organize the groups?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose one of Eggers' previous books and contrast it with WHAT IS THE WHAT terms of the following:

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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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