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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. Does the author provide some kind of closure for Kate's character and her family?
(a) Yes. The author describes Kate's funeral.
(b) No. Kate is never avenged.
(c) No, the reader never knows what Kate's family thinks.
(d) Yes. Kate's life is explored in a different section of the novel.

2. What does the General know about Ben?
(a) Ben would be a coward.
(b) He knew Ben would make him proud.
(c) He knew Ben would be tortured.
(d) That Ben would do anything for him.

3. How do the General's thoughts seem to be organized?
(a) Easy to follow and concise.
(b) They are very clear.
(c) They are jumbled together.
(d) Confusing.

4. How is Miro careful to elude his captors?
(a) He slowly and carefully travels through the woods.
(b) He rides a bike to his next location.
(c) He dresses in camo attire.
(d) He disguises himself as a local.

5. What is finally revealed by the end of this section?
(a) Ben's choice to run away from his father.
(b) Ben's hate for his father.
(c) Ben's love for Nettie.
(d) Ben's involvement with Inner Delta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miro reveal himself to be?

2. How did the General learn about Ben's school work?

3. Why does the General try to seek forgiveness?

4. Where is the General's real location as he narrates?

5. What does the General make sure that Ben had?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kate start the bus?

2. What is shocking about the end of the novel?

3. How does Miro get away from the ambush?

4. Why are the deaths horribly tragic in the book?

5. What do the terrorists think will happen with the attack from Inner Delta?

6. Who has taken over the narration of the novel in this section?

7. Why isn't Miro blamed for his inability to control Kate?

8. Prior to Ben's death, what type of the man was the General?

9. What does Kate underestimate about Miro?

10. What shocks the reader in this section?

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