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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Artkin's character perceived to be?
(a) A cold-blooded killer.
(b) An evil terrorist.
(c) A warm father figure.
(d) A terrorist with a warm personality.

2. What does Miro feel over Artkin?
(a) He feels regret and anger over Artkin's death.
(b) He thinks that Artkin was a great big brother figure.
(c) Guilty that he used Artkin.
(d) He is happy Artkin is dead.

3. How do the General's thoughts seem to be organized?
(a) Confusing.
(b) They are jumbled together.
(c) Easy to follow and concise.
(d) They are very clear.

4. Where is Miro when the assault begins?
(a) On the highway.
(b) In a corn field.
(c) In a wharehouse.
(d) On the bus.

5. What has the military not figured out about capturing the terrorist leader?
(a) The terrorists will carry on even if their leader is dead.
(b) The stand off will not be over.
(c) The leader is not the heart of the movement.
(d) The terrorists will now kill all of the children.

6. What does Kate beg them to do?
(a) Spare the child.
(b) For the kids to be freed.
(c) She wants to be set free.
(d) She wants the terrorists to kill her instead.

7. Why is Raymond's death so sad?
(a) Raymond did not die.
(b) Another innocent was killed.
(c) He came to his parents later in life.
(d) Kate was forced to kill Raymond.

8. In his prime, what was the General considered?
(a) An extremely intelligent man.
(b) Someone to look up to in the community.
(c) A very handsome man.
(d) A strong determined man.

9. What does the reader learn about the General?
(a) The General is ruthless.
(b) He wishes he never had a son.
(c) He chooses the country over his own son.
(d) The General loves his family very much.

10. Why is this object important?
(a) The object is worth a lot of money.
(b) It is very important because it serves as a momento.
(c) It was unique.
(d) Actually, the object is not important, the messenger is.

11. Because the van was wire tapped, what was the General forced to listen to?
(a) His son being tortured.
(b) The terrorists demands.
(c) The screams of children.
(d) His son giving him up.

12. How does Artkin have proof of Sedeete's capture?
(a) A piece of glass.
(b) A rock.
(c) A sea shell.
(d) A stone.

13. What mistake does Kate make?
(a) She chooses to sleep with Miro.
(b) She tries to connect too closely with Miro.
(c) She underestimates how guilty Miro feels about Artkin's death.
(d) She should have only looked out for herself.

14. Does the author provide some kind of closure for Kate's character and her family?
(a) Yes. Kate's life is explored in a different section of the novel.
(b) Yes. The author describes Kate's funeral.
(c) No, the reader never knows what Kate's family thinks.
(d) No. Kate is never avenged.

15. How does Miro feel about this realization?
(a) He is glad because he never liked him anyway.
(b) He is sad he did not get to know his father.
(c) He feels that Kate is lying to him and becomes angry.
(d) Miro feels upset that Artkin lied to him about being his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is finally revealed by the end of this section?

2. Why are the other terrorists so mad at Miro?

3. How was the General involved in Ben's school?

4. How does Kate use her sexuality in the book?

5. What were Washington's orders for the General on the morning of the hijacking?

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