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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. How old was the boy soldier, Ismael?

2. Who provided Amanda with a replacement Kevlar vest in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 2, Amanda started to make some real money in Calgary. What did she feel guilty about not wanting to do with her money?

4. In Chapter 17, who did Ali want out of Somalia?

5. In Chapter 3, to what part of the world did Amanda decide to travel to for her first trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Amanda and Nigel's captors say when they left a voice mail on Amanda's father's phone?

2. Why did Amanda tell her captors that she wanted to become Muslim?

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

4. Who was Kelly Barker?

5. In Chapter 16, what did Amanda see after they passed a checkpoint and the car slowed again?

6. How are Muslim prayers performed?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amanda was blamed for the escape. Why was she blamed for the escape and Nigel wasn't blamed?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda was taken into the desert. Why was she taken into the desert and did her captors intend to execute her or just scare her?

Essay Topic 3

Amanda and Nigel decided to celebrate Christmas. Why and how did they plan to celebrate Christmas?

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