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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate find in her wallet?
(a) She discovers an extra bus key.
(b) A gift from her father, it makes her sentimental.
(c) Her ID.
(d) She finds a picture of her family.

2. Because Miro has taken part in other terrorist cases, what does this prove about him?
(a) He wants to fit in with other terrorists.
(b) He hopes that he could get out of the terrorism game.
(c) He has a soft side that is dying to come out.
(d) Terrorism is not a whim, but a way of live.

3. Why do the terrorists take the dead child outside?
(a) They don't want a dead body rotting up the bus
(b) They want to prove they are not afraid to kill children.
(c) Kate begs them to move the body.
(d) All the children are crying, so they need to move the body.

4. What does Kate wonder about in this section?
(a) Her job.
(b) Her future.
(c) Her family.
(d) Whether or not she can save the children.

5. What do both Ben and the General choose to use to convey their feelings throughout the novel?
(a) An email account.
(b) A pen and paper.
(c) A cell phone.
(d) A typewriter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will they hijack the bus?

2. What does Miro think of Artkin's plan?

3. In this section, what does the reader begin to understand about Ben's story?

4. What was the name of Ben's home?

5. On what continent does the beginning of the novel take place?

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