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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 does Miro and Artkin's relationship resemble?

2. Early in the morning what does Miro wait for?

3. How are the children forced to go to the bathroom?

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

5. What excites Miro although his brother is already dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the General in charge of while he worked at Forte Delta?

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

3. When Ben's father arrives at Ben's dorm, what do the two men do?

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

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

6. When was the first time that Ben had learned about Inner Delta?

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

8. What type of life did Ben lead while he was growing up?

9. Why did the author choose to pick the 1970s for the setting of the novel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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?

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