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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. How did Ben assume that love happened?

2. According to Artkin, what will promote their cause?

3. How are the two characters' days contrasting with one another?

4. Despite Kate's objections, what does Artkin give the children?

5. The hijackers give the children candy, but what is wrong with it?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Kate asks to take all of the children to the bathroom, what is she given instead?

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

3. Where did Ben fall in love with Nettie Haversham?

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

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

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

7. What is Ben very eager to do?

8. What do the terrorists do with the child who has died?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What American rites of passage are present or mentioned in this novel?

What characters are forced to go through these?

How might these rites of passage differ from ones that Miro was forced to live through.

Essay Topic 3

Cruelty is another major theme in the novel. How do the following characters, act cruelly towards another human being?

- Miro

- Artkin

- The General

- Kate

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