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

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

3. What was Nigel's nationality?

4. What was the main religion in Dhaka?

5. In Chapter 7, what restaurants were near Amanda's hotel in Lahore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Kelly Barker?

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

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

4. In Chapter 7, what did Amanda do during her two weeks in Calcutta?

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

6. How are Muslim prayers performed?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amanda stayed in Mogadishu and from there went out to do interviews. How did Amanda describe Mogadishu?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda became suicidal. What gave Amanda hope so that she decided not to kill herself?

Essay Topic 3

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

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