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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 Kate wonder about in this section?

2. What does Miro think of Artkin's plan?

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

4. As Chapter 5 begins, what does Ben hope he can gain from his father?

5. Why does Kate feel angry that she is on the bus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kate hope for when she hears the helicopters overhead?

6. Why doesn't Raymond fall asleep?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Kate's character. Consider the following questions:

- What is the purpose of Kate's character?

- How does she attempt to use her own sexuality to free herself and the children?

Essay Topic 2

The author believes that many of the characters have had their innocence stolen. Explain how the following characters have had this taken away from them:

- Raymond

- Kate

- Ben

Essay Topic 3

Examine the ending of the novel and then discuss how the ending of the novel tragic and unfair.

What is an alternate ending you would have liked to see for the story?

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