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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. Why does Miro think it is right for him to commit murder?
(a) In the name of freedom.
(b) He thinks killing feels good.
(c) Because their cause is the only thing that matters.
(d) He doesn't think, he just wants to kill.

2. Why does this hijacking scare Miro?
(a) Because he has never done anything like this before.
(b) He does not trust Artkin.
(c) It is different than other terrorist activities he has been involved in.
(d) He wishes that Artkin would have chosen another location.

3. How are Miro and Ben alike in a sense?
(a) Miro, like Ben, is struggling to grow up and deal with adult problems.
(b) They both look very similar to one another.
(c) They are both scared of other men who are in power.
(d) They are both young men who do not know how to deal with the problems they have been dealt.

4. Why is Miro surprised when he meets the driver?
(a) The driver is his age.
(b) Because she is a female no younger than himself.
(c) The driver gives him a lot of attitude.
(d) The female driver pays him respect.

5. What is the dead child's name?
(a) Charles McCain.
(b) Kevin Charles.
(c) Charles McMann.
(d) Kevin McMann.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Ben, the day of the hijacking begins as __________________.

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

3. To what group does his father belong?

4. What is Ben very eager to find?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Raymond fall asleep?

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

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

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

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

8. As Part 3 begins, what is Ben hoping happens?

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

10. What is Ben very eager to do?

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