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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 is Phil Mays' job?

2. What river do the Lost Boys have to cross?

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

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

5. What does someone bomb in Kenya and Tanzania?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

2. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

3. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

4. How does Julian say he reacted when some people tried to mug him?

5. How do the elders organize the groups?

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

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

8. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

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

10. How did Moses escape from the Arabs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Valentino's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to who he is at the end.

1. What did Valentino hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Valentino ideas about life?

3. How has Valentino's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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