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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. Who has Ben's father been speaking with?
(a) All of Ben's teacher.
(b) Ben's mother.
(c) Ben's friends.
(d) The dean of the school.

2. How does Miro cover the bus' windows?
(a) Miro uses the children's homework pages.
(b) He uses paper to cover the windows.
(c) Miro uses tape to cover the windows of the bus.
(d) He uses newspaper.

3. What does Kate gain by Raymond's deception?
(a) A helping hand.
(b) Fear that he will act out.
(c) A partner in crime.
(d) Hope that they will survive.

4. What has Artkin promised to treat Miro as?
(a) An adult.
(b) A friend.
(c) His son.
(d) An equal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does this hijacking scare Miro?

2. What does Kate remember about Miro?

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

4. What has Raymond attempted to do to the hijackers?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ben's father arrives at Ben's dorm, what do the two men do?

2. When Kate is using the bathroom, what does she find?

3. What does the reader realize as the narration of the novel continues?

4. According to Ben's father, what do the terrorists want?

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

6. What does Ben remember about the morning of the hijacking?

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

8. Where do the terrorists take the children?

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

10. Why did the author choose to pick the 1970s for the setting of the novel?

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