Week of October 25

• P. 409-410: What does this dream mean?
  
  
• P. 438: When the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed, there was hope again that the US would help the boys. How does one continue to hope in a situation like this?
  
  
• P. 443: During their visit to Nairobi, Tabitha wants to escape but Valentino doesn’t. Why didn’t he escape in Nairobi?

Week of October 18

• P. 331: Why does the Gulf War in 1991 give the boys hope?

• P. 336: Why do the boys leave Pinyudo?
  
  
• p. 345: After crossing the Gilo river again, Achor Achor said, “I really don’t want to be one of these people anymore.” What do you think he means?
  
  
• p. 349: “…the civil war become, to the world at large, too confusing to decipher, a mess of tribal conflicts with no clear heroes or villains.” Describe what this means.
  
  
• P. 367: “Bobby suggested that Tabitha’s murder was made possible by the madness of this country and on occasion in those dark weeks after her death, I allowed myself to find America complicit in the crime.” P. 369: “What have I done to bring such calamity down upon myself and those I love?” What does he mean?
  
  
• P. 373: Kakuma means nowhere. How must this knowledge impact the boys?
  
  
• P. 382: basketball restored the Sudanese to “the kings of Africa.” Imagine Valentino’s and the other boys’ pride in their success.
  
  
• P. 385-385: Between the barrier system and the ink to count refugees. How does this feel like the holocaust to the boys?
  
  
• P. 388: The term unaccompanied minors is how the lost boys were officially described, and Valentino talks about their group as the lowest in the hiearachy of the camp.
  
  
• P. 394: While considered unaccompanied minors, the boys create families similar to Valentino and Gop. Why does this happen?

Week of October 11

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• P. 263: Valentino meets Ajulo who cares for him and offers to be his mother. Why does he refuse? How does he respond to such an act of kindness?
  
  
• P. 273: After listening to Moses’ version of events the day Valentino’s village burned, he said to himself, “I stayed quiet and replaced my memory with his.” What does this mean?
  
  
• P. 298: Describe Valentino’s introduction to girls. How is this like most adolescent boys?

Week of October 4

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• P. 187: How does meeting up with William K. and his fabrications help Valentino on his journey?
  
  
• P. 192- What does Valentino understand about the British?
  
  
• P. 200: Do you think that the man who brought Valentino to his hut and cared for his leg really existed?