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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 42, what did Amanda see in a pale square of daylight on the floor of her room?
(a) A cat.
(b) A shadow.
(c) One of the boys.
(d) A bird.

2. The holiday Eid came twice a year, and at that time Amanda and Nigel received toffees. What did they decide to do with the toffees in Chapter 29?
(a) Eat them immediately.
(b) Throw them away.
(c) Save them for Christmas.
(d) Save them for when they need cheering up.

3. In Chapter 43 Amanda didn't see Skids for a while. What happened to him?
(a) He went to fight the war.
(b) He got Malaria.
(c) He was killed.
(d) He went home.

4. In Chapter 42, how much money did Amanda's mother say they had raised for the ransom?
(a) $500,000
(b) Nothing.
(c) $1 Million.
(d) $250,000

5. In Chapter 30, how many days did it take Nigel to carve out the bricks in the bathroom window?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

6. What did the Somali word "maya" mean?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Youthful.
(d) No.

7. In Chapter 38, Amanda spotted an envelope under the carpet as she made the bed in her new location. What was in the envelope?
(a) A picture.
(b) A letter.
(c) A list.
(d) Money.

8. Amanda pleaded with the people in the mosque to try to help her after they had escaped. What did she tell them?
(a) She was Muslim.
(b) She was being beaten.
(c) That she was being raped.
(d) She was married.

9. By the end of Chapter 26, how long have Amanda and Nigel been held captive?
(a) 75 days.
(b) 150 days.
(c) 100 days.
(d) 50 days.

10. The nights she was taken into the desert in Chapter 27, what did Amanda initially fear was happening?
(a) She was going to be abandoned.
(b) She was being sold.
(c) She was going to be killed.
(d) She was going home.

11. In Chapter 32 after the interrogation when Amanda and Nigel were returned after their escape, Hassam entered the room with a bag. What was in the bag?
(a) Dresses and a notebook.
(b) Chains and shackles.
(c) Medicine and soap.
(d) Books.

12. After her release, what did Amanda focus upon?
(a) Healing.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Education.
(d) Family.

13. In Chapter 40 after sharing his big news, what did Romeo ask Amanda if she would do?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Write a letter for him.
(c) Travel with him.
(d) Read to him.

14. In Chapter 26, one day Donald Trump arrived with a package. What was in the package?
(a) New books.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Supplies from home.
(d) Her belongings from the hotel.

15. What did the boys call the kidnapping in Chapter 30?
(a) The Walk to Paradise.
(b) Revenge.
(c) The Mission.
(d) The Program.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the captors was the communicator to Nigel and Amanda's families in Chapter 26?

2. What did Nigel call Amanda at the end of Chapter 25?

3. What was Somalia not short of?

4. Th night the soldiers took Amanda into the desert to kill her in Chapter 27, who said he had saved her from death?

5. In Chapter 40 on the trip to the new place, who sat between Nigel and Amanda in the hatch of the car?

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