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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. In Chapter 7, what restaurants were near Amanda's hotel in Lahore?

2. In Chapter 17, whose phone number did Amanda provide the kidnappers?

3. In Chapter 19, what did Amanda's mother say the ransom was?

4. In Chapter 15, who did Amanda hire as her "fixer"?

5. What was the name of Nigel's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, Amanda said, "It is an obvious fact that you can never look ahead with clarity at your own future or anyone else's." What did she mean by this?

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

3. What was Nigel's plan at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. How are Muslim prayers performed?

5. 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?

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

7. In Chapter 15, what did Amanda say that she wrote weekly?

8. How did Richard Engel, an NBC reporter, get his start?

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

10. What were Amanda and Nigel given when they were moved to Electric House in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amanda found fulfillment by visiting the Danakil Depression. Why did she find fulfillment and have all her expectations met during the visit?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda and Nigel received some new reading material in a care package. Why was it important to get new reading materials and how did it encourage them?

Essay Topic 3

Amanda and Nigel were kidnapped. How were they kidnapped and why were they kidnapped?

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