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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 does Ben seem to be contemplating?
(a) Suicide.
(b) The death of his mother.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Killing his father.

2. The hijackers give the children candy, but what is wrong with it?
(a) The chemicals in the candy will prevent the children from going to the bathroom.
(b) The candy holds a lot of nutritents.
(c) It is laced with LSD.
(d) It contains a drug to sedate them.

3. What is a second thing the terrorists hope to gain from the hijacking?
(a) The re-establishment of their ruler.
(b) They want weapons.
(c) Their own country to rule.
(d) Money that will help continue their fight for freedom.

4. Why is Ben excited and nervous to see his father?
(a) His father has always been very important to him.
(b) Is it the first time he has been able to see his father since the bus hijacking.
(c) His father was very abusive. Ben is nervous.
(d) His father will be bringing his mother who he has not seen for a while.

5. If Sedeete does not hear the signal, what should Artkin do?
(a) Kill Kate.
(b) Torture the children.
(c) Kill all the children.
(d) Kill one child at a time.

Short Answer Questions

1. At this point in the book, what is happening with Miro?

2. In what time period is the novel set?

3. What does Ben realize as he types his story?

4. What is Kate hopeful for?

5. Why does Kate start to talk with Miro?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Part 3 begins, what is Ben hoping happens?

2. What type of life did Ben lead while he was growing up?

3. Why doesn't Raymond fall asleep?

4. What do the events of the novel show to the reader?

5. What is Ben very eager to do?

6. When Kate is using the bathroom, what does she find?

7. What does the reader begin to understand about Miro as the events of the novel play out?

8. What does Kate hope for when she hears the helicopters overhead?

9. What does Kate discover about Miro?

10. Why did the author choose to pick the 1970s for the setting of the novel?

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