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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. How does Artkin die?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) He is run over by a truck.
(c) He is captured and executed.
(d) Artkin is shot by soldiers who are in the helicopter.

2. What country do the terrorists seem to be fighting for?
(a) A South American country.
(b) An Asian country.
(c) An African or MIddle Eastern country.
(d) A European country.

3. What does he hope to do now that the mission is over?
(a) Miro hopes to find any surviving family members.
(b) He wants to change his life and make a family.
(c) He wants to stay in the US and learn more about the culture.
(d) Miro now hopes to continue his terrorist acts.

4. While everything happens, what happens to the helicopter?
(a) It crashes into the river.
(b) It crashes into the van.
(c) It explodes from a bomb.
(d) It keeps flying away.

5. After Ben recovered from his wounds, what happened to him?
(a) He decided to commit suicide.
(b) He chooses to go stay with his grandparents.
(c) He decides he no longer wants to take a backseat in life.
(d) He chooses to travel abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the General know about Ben?

2. Where is Miro when the assault begins?

3. Before the assault, how did Miro feel about the violence he was participating in?

4. What did the General know that Ben would do if he was captured?

5. When Ben dies, what does he see himself as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kate become nervous and sad?

2. What does the General remember about the day of the hijacking?

3. What did the General do to Ben to make sure, that he could always know what was happening with Ben?

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

5. What happens to Kate's rescue/escape attempt?

6. How does Kate start the bus?

7. How does Artkin die?

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

9. What does Miro think about as Artkin tortures Ben?

10. Why has Ben felt so much guilt over the past few years?

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