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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 is the hostage's name?
(a) Peter Jackson.
(b) Jean-Paul Franzil.
(c) Jean-Claude Julien.
(d) Albert Camus.

2. Who is Bill going to see just before he boards the ferry?
(a) Charlie.
(b) A dentist.
(c) George.
(d) A doctor.

3. Bill debates the relationship between what?
(a) Writing and terrorism.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Writing and traveling.
(d) Love and food.

4. Who are the people Scott says he is worried about?
(a) Bill's family.
(b) The publishers.
(c) The police.
(d) The terroists.

5. What do Charlie and Bill argue about in this section?
(a) Bill's ex-wives.
(b) Money.
(c) Going to London.
(d) His book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Charlie wanted to tend to him in his old age?

2. What night does Scott say is approaching?

3. What does the beggar have stapled to his shirt?

4. To which dictator does Scott compare Bill ?

5. How is Bill planning to get to Beirut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan that Charlie lays out for Bill?

2. For what does Scott tell Karen they need to prepare?

3. What does Bill think about Charlie?

4. Describe the part of Beirut Brita is driving through at the beginning of the section.

5. Summarize this section.

6. What does Charlie say he wants to do in terms of publishing?

7. Who is Omar and how does he help Karen?

8. What signs are there that Karen is getting ill?

9. How does the author describe George Haddad?

10. How does Karen become acquainted with the homeless people?

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