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

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

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

4. What is the driver now fighting for?
(a) Her right to protect herself.
(b) Her life and the life of all the children.
(c) The ability to see her fiance again.
(d) Her life.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Miro notice about the mountains?

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

4. What has Miro never seen?

5. What has Miro successfully completed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Miro excited for this day?

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

5. What is different about Miro and Ben?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Kate hope for when she hears the helicopters overhead?

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