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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else does Miro tell Kate about concerning his home?
(a) He will do anything to return to his homeland.
(b) He is enjoying America and might not want to go home.
(c) He hates his home.
(d) He misses the people from his home.

2. What has Raymond attempted to do to the hijackers?
(a) Foil their plan and pretend he is asleep.
(b) Kick one of the terrorists.
(c) Attack one of the hijackers.
(d) Help Kate take over the weapons.

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

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

5. What is the General's name when he is doing Inner Delta business?
(a) Bane.
(b) Briggs.
(c) Ban.
(d) Brian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in charge with negotiations with the military?

2. What does Kate suffer from?

3. Where does Kate put this object?

4. What does Kate hope she can do to save the day?

5. How do the terrorists dispose of the dead body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the terrorists get all the children to fall asleep?

2. As the novel begins, what is Ben Marchand waiting for?

3. When Artkin summons Miro, what does he tell him about?

4. Where do the terrorists take the children?

5. What does the reader immediately pick up on between Ben and his family?

6. How do events begin to take a turn for the worse?

7. What do the terrorists do with the child who has died?

8. Why is Miro excited for this day?

9. What do the terrorists hope to gain from the negotiations?

10. What type of life did Ben lead while he was growing up?

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