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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Amanda buy with the extra money she earned as a kid?
(a) Books.
(b) Makeup.
(c) National Geographic magazines.
(d) Clothes.

2. What was the main religion in Dhaka?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Jainism.
(d) Hinduism.

3. In Chapter 10, where did Amanda meet Nigel?
(a) Delhi.
(b) Perth.
(c) London.
(d) Sydney.

4. Upon leaving city boundaries in Chapter 16, Nigel and Amanda needed new security. How much was this going to cost them?
(a) $500.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $1000.
(d) $150.

5. In Chapter 6, who did Amanda go to Thailand with?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Kelly.
(d) Her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what was the name of the man who seemed to be in charge of Amanda's kidnappers?

2. In Chapter 5, what event cut Amanda's first real trip short?

3. In Chapter 7, where did Amanda plan to go when her mother asked her to reconsider going?

4. After being converted to the Muslimreligion in Chapter 20, what did Amanda and Nigel need to learn to do?

5. Sixteen months after the events at the beginning of Chapter 12, how many days did Mellissa Fung spend as a hostage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Kelly Barker?

2. In Chapter 7, what did Amanda do during her two weeks in Calcutta?

3. How had Somalia changed over time to be the war-ridden country Amanda visited?

4. In Chapter 12, Amanda learned that she was being used as a "propaganda machine." What did she mean by this? Why did she think this?

5. In Chapter 9, who were the Afar who lived in a market village on the outskirts of a desert in Ethiopia?

6. When Amanda met staff from National Geographic, what questions did she ask and how did the a photographerr respond?

7. In Chapter 19, what was Amanda's strategy to try to get the kidnappers to let her and Nigel go?

8. Amanda hired Ajoos as her "fixer," but wasn't very happy with the service she was receiving. Why wasn't Amanda pleased?

9. Who was Nigel Brennan, and how did Amanda meet him?

10. How did Amanda's family learn that she had been kidnapped?

(see the answer keys)

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