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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 Garang say he wants the boys to fight for?

2. What bites the boys as they wait for the boats?

3. What does William begin to throw at people?

4. What does Bobby Newmyer want to make a film about?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

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

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

5. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

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

7. What problem does Valentino say Sudanese men are having in America?

8. How did the Arabs treat Moses?

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

10. How does the Kenyan doctor help Valentino?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who are the SPLA and how influential have the SPLA been in Sudan? What are Valentino's views on the SPLA? How does he express his 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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