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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kate feel angry that she is on the bus?
(a) She thinks the hijackers have some nerve taking over the bus.
(b) She was supposed to go to the beach today.
(c) She thinks she is too young to die.
(d) She normally does not drive this bus route.

2. In what time period is the novel set?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1980s.

3. What happens as they take the bus to a secure location?
(a) One of the children dies from the drugs in the candy.
(b) Artkin tries to beat one of the children.
(c) Miro gets in trouble for talking to Kate.
(d) Kate is beaten because she won't be quiet.

4. Why do they decide not to immediately kill the bus driver?
(a) To keep the children calm.
(b) They want to take advatange of her sexually.
(c) They would like to kill her first.
(d) She will be good leverage for keeping the children from revolting.

5. Where is the bus taken?
(a) To an abandoned farmhouse.
(b) To an abandoned railroad.
(c) To an abandoned air field.
(d) To the outside of the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what group does his father belong?

2. Why is Miro surprised when he meets the driver?

3. What excites Miro although his brother is already dead?

4. How has Miro grown up?

5. In the Seventies, what was a common occurrence in America?

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