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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. In the Prologue, who was holding Amanda and Nigel captive?

2. In Chapter 17, whose phone number did Amanda provide the kidnappers?

3. What type of head gear did Amanda wear in Bangladesh in Chapter 6?

4. During the first night of captivity, what emotions did Amanda feel?

5. In Chapter 16, what did Amanda need to do to get back home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were Amanda and Nigel getting along by Chapter 16?

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

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

6. In Chapter 12, Amanda learned that she was being used as a "propaganda machine." What did she mean by this? Why did she think this?

7. After Amanda received her visa to travel to Afghanistan, why did she begin to have doubts about visiting there?

8. Describe Amanda's childhood. How did Amanda view the world even as a small child?

9. In Chapter 12, Amanda said, "It is an obvious fact that you can never look ahead with clarity at your own future or anyone else's." What did she mean by this?

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 decided she should become a photojournalist. Why did she decide that was something she wanted to do, and what did she hope it would do for her?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda and Nigel were kidnapped. How were they kidnapped and why were they kidnapped?

Essay Topic 3

Amanda and Nigel received some new reading material in a care package. Why was it important to get new reading materials and how did it encourage them?

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