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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. To what group does his father belong?

2. Why do they decide not to immediately kill the bus driver?

3. Why does Miro think it is right for him to commit murder?

4. What is the bus driver's name?

5. Why does this hijacking scare Miro?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the terrorists hope to gain from the negotiations?

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

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

5. What does the reader realize as the narration of the novel continues?

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

7. Where do the terrorists take the children?

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

9. What does Kate discover about Miro?

10. What is different about Miro and Ben?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What qualities do Artkin and Miro share with one another? Are they typical father and son similarities

How has Artkin trained Miro to become a terrorist and how does Miro fight the urge to become a terrorist?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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