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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 invites the boys to eat with them?

2. What does the man give Valentino to eat?

3. What actress adopted Mary Williams?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the camp start to discipline the boys?

2. What game does Valentino play with the girls?

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

4. How do the elders organize the groups?

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

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

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

8. How does Valentino win the girls' attention?

9. How does a stranger help Valentino in Chapter 14?

10. How does the salesman duped Valentino?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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

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?

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