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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 do the Sudanese think are going to kill the Dinkas in the camp?

2. What does Deng complain about?

3. Who does the commander say the prisoners have raped and abused?

4. How has the village changed since they were last there?

5. What did the Dinkas load the boys onto?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the elders organize the groups?

4. Describe Valentino's life at Kakuma.

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

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

7. How does Achor Achor help Valentino?

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

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

10. How does William say he escaped the Arabs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why has Africa suffered so much in recent years? How has the Western World helped Africa? What impact has the book had in terms of highlighting the problems in Africa?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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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