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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 do the terrorists react to this death?
(a) They kill Miro.
(b) They kill Ben.
(c) They kill Raymond.
(d) They kill Kate.

2. How does Miro feel after the others berate him for overlooking Kate's search?
(a) Angry with Kate.
(b) Humiliated and angry.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Hurt that Artkin did not help him.

3. What are the names of all four terrorists?
(a) Miro, Artkin, Antibbe and Stroll.
(b) Miro Stroll, Antibbe and Kirre.
(c) Artkin, Miro, Stroll and Kirre.
(d) Miro, Artkin, Stroll and Maye.

4. Why did the General use Ben to go into the hijacking situation?
(a) He hated his son.
(b) Ben wanted to be used.
(c) He wanted to look good to his superiors.
(d) He needed to mislead the hijackers.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artkin's character perceived to be?

2. Who is Artkin shot by?

3. As Part 7 begins, what does the reader notice has changed?

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

5. What does Kate finally decide to do with the children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explains Ben's need for forgiveness from his father.

2. To the reader, what does it seem like the General has chosen?

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

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

5. Where does Miro leave Kate's body?

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

7. Why does Miro decide to kill Kate?

8. Why is Raymond forced to take more candy?

9. How does Kate start the bus?

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

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