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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ben seem to be contemplating?

3. What does Miro and Artkin's relationship resemble?

4. Where is the bus taken?

5. What is a third thing the terrorists hope to gain from the hijacking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Raymond fall asleep?

2. Where do the terrorists take the children?

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

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

5. What do the events of the novel show to the reader?

6. When Artkin summons Miro, what does he tell him about?

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

8. What does the reader begin to understand about Miro as the events of the novel play out?

9. What does Kate discover about Miro?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is foreshadowing a device that Cormier uses throughout his novel?

If so, what characters, or section of the novel does he choose to use this device in.

Give 3 instances of foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 2

To you, what is the definition of humanity?

How do certain characters live up to this definition or fail?

Think of two instances in with a character has acted cruelly or against another human's rights.

Essay Topic 3

Ben yearns for love but is unable to find it with Nettie.

Is this because he is not ready to love? Or has he not had enough life experiences to find this type of love.

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