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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does this hijacking scare Miro?
(a) It is different than other terrorist activities he has been involved in.
(b) He wishes that Artkin would have chosen another location.
(c) He does not trust Artkin.
(d) Because he has never done anything like this before.

2. How are the children forced to go to the bathroom?
(a) In a bathroom.
(b) Outside of the bus.
(c) In a pail.
(d) In their seats.

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

4. How are Miro and Ben alike in a sense?
(a) Miro, like Ben, is struggling to grow up and deal with adult problems.
(b) They are both young men who do not know how to deal with the problems they have been dealt.
(c) They both look very similar to one another.
(d) They are both scared of other men who are in power.

5. When was the first time that Ben had ever heard of the Inner Delta?
(a) After school on a nice fall day.
(b) He overheard his father's conversation on the phone.
(c) The morning of the hijacking.
(d) When he was about 20 years old.

6. How do the terrorists dispose of the dead body?
(a) They tie it up.
(b) They dump it in the river.
(c) They lower the body over the side of the bridge.
(d) They burn it.

7. Why is Miro anxious about the hijacking?
(a) He wishes he knew more about the plan.
(b) He is questioning the hostage situation.
(c) He wants everything to go according to plan.
(d) He wants to look good in front of his boss.

8. What is the bus driver's name?
(a) Karina.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Kat.
(d) Kate.

9. What does Kate suffer from?
(a) A sore throat.
(b) A heart condition.
(c) Horrible headaches.
(d) A weak bladder.

10. In this section, what does the reader begin to understand about Ben's story?
(a) He wants to be closer to his father.
(b) He is talking about two separate events.
(c) Ben is an untrustworthy narrator.
(d) Ben has never recovered from all the guilty of the hijacking.

11. In Part 1, what is Ben anticipating?
(a) A visit from his mother and father.
(b) A test he must take.
(c) A first date.
(d) A meeting with a dean.

12. Why does Miro think it is right for him to commit murder?
(a) In the name of freedom.
(b) He thinks killing feels good.
(c) Because their cause is the only thing that matters.
(d) He doesn't think, he just wants to kill.

13. What has Miro successfully completed?
(a) All of the tests assigned to him by Artkin.
(b) His high school GED.
(c) His acceptance into a Middle Eastern training camp.
(d) His board exams.

14. Why is Kate so happy with Raymond?
(a) He wants to attack the terrorists.
(b) He is behaving really well.
(c) He is giving her courage.
(d) He has refused to eat the candy.

15. Why is Miro surprised when he meets the driver?
(a) The driver gives him a lot of attitude.
(b) The driver is his age.
(c) The female driver pays him respect.
(d) Because she is a female no younger than himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Ben's father been speaking with?

2. How does Miro cover the bus' windows?

3. What did Ben's father work as?

4. When Miro hears this sound, he knows that the government has discovered their location.

5. How has Miro grown up?

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