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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. During the first night of captivity, what emotions did Amanda feel?
(a) Rage and frustration.
(b) Fear and frustration.
(c) Panic and faith.
(d) Anger and depression.

2. In Chapter 17, who did Ali blame for the jihad?
(a) Only Americans.
(b) The Western World.
(c) God.
(d) The Jews.

3. What did Amanda do in Chapter 6 when a rickshaw driver tried to take her into the country?
(a) Sprayed pepper spray.
(b) Slapped him.
(c) Hit him with a walking stick.
(d) Punched him in the head.

4. What expensive item did Amanda buy in Chapter 10?
(a) Satellite phone.
(b) Laptop.
(c) Tablet.
(d) Professional camera.

5. In Chapter 8, who did Amanda stay with in Afghanistan?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) Other travelers in a camp.
(c) Americans she met.
(d) The family of Amanuddin, a man she met traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jamal plan to do after he received his share of the ransom money?

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

3. Where did Amanda move when she was 19?

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

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 Nigel Brennan, and how did Amanda meet him?

2. In Chapter 4, Amanda and Jamie had to learn some lessons quickly as they traveled. What lessons did they learn?

3. In Chapter 11, Amanda decided to freelance. What hardships did Amanda face being a freelance writer?

4. Explain the relationship between Russell and Amanda's family. How did Amanda's mother meet Russell?

5. Amanda went from being a child with very little money to an adult with more money than she had ever seen. How did Amanda get this money? What troubles came with having this much money?

6. Who was Kelly Barker?

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

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

9. In Chapter 6, why did Amanda have difficulty getting a room in Bangaldesh, and how did she finally get a room?

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

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