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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 is Ben very eager to find?
(a) Hope.
(b) Peace with his father.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Love.

2. At this point in the book, what is happening with Miro?
(a) He has decided to kill himself.
(b) He is wishing he was not a part of this plan.
(c) He is fighting the realization that his brother is dead.
(d) He is living through the actual day of the hijacking.

3. 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 misses the people from his home.
(d) He hates his home.

4. Where is the bus taken?
(a) To an abandoned railroad.
(b) To an abandoned farmhouse.
(c) To an abandoned air field.
(d) To the outside of the school.

5. To Ben, the day of the hijacking begins as __________________.
(a) An exciting day.
(b) An awesome day.
(c) A normal day.
(d) A horrible day.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many times will Sedeete send his signal between now and nine am?

5. Why did the hijackers want money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kate get nervous about having the responsibility of saving the children that are on the bus?

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

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

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

5. Why is Miro excited for this day?

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

7. What does Kate discover about Miro?

8. What is different about Miro and Ben?

9. When was the first time that Ben had learned about Inner Delta?

10. When Kate asks to take all of the children to the bathroom, what is she given instead?

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