A House in the Sky Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Amanda Lindhout
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A House in the Sky Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Amanda Lindhout
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 149 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. As they drove out of Mogadishu in Chapter 16, Amanda was deep in thought. What was she having happy thoughts about?

2. In Chapter 5, what type of music did the guy Kelly became interested in play on his Discman?

3. Who alerted Amanda's family that she had been kidnapped?

4. What was the main religion in Dhaka?

5. In Chapter 20, what percent Muslim did Ali say that Amanda was because she had read the Bible and prayed many times?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5, why did Jamie and Amanda have to cut short their South American tour?

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

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

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

6. How are Muslim prayers performed?

7. In Chapter 19, what was Amanda's strategy to try to get the kidnappers to let her and Nigel go?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a child Amanda felt that there had to be more to life than what she was experiencing. Why did she feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda and Nigel planned to escape. What plans did they make and how successful were their plans?

Essay Topic 3

When Amanda and Nigel were put in separate rooms, Amanda devised ways to communicate. What ways did they devise to communicate together when they were never together physically?

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