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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 kills more boys at he end of the section?

2. Where does Bobby Newmyer live?

3. What is the name of Phil's wife?

4. What do the children plant on the farmland?

5. Where does the man take Valentino?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Valentino win the girls' attention?

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

4. How do the elders organize the groups?

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

6. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

7. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

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

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

10. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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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