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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 was the General involved in Ben's school?

2. What does Kate beg them to do?

3. Before the assault, how did Miro feel about the violence he was participating in?

4. Where does Miro decide to take Kate?

5. What does Miro feel over Artkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Raymond forced to take more candy?

2. Why are the deaths horribly tragic in the book?

3. To the reader, what does it seem like the General has chosen?

4. What does Miro think about as Artkin tortures Ben?

5. Why isn't Miro blamed for his inability to control Kate?

6. How does Artkin die?

7. What led to Ben's suicide.

8. What happens to Kate's rescue/escape attempt?

9. What shocks the reader in this section?

10. What does the reader begin to wonder about Ben's involvement with the terrorists?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author likens the children and young adults in the novel to game pawns.

Do you think this is an appropriate comparison for the author to make?

How do the adults use the children in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

It seems as though the author is constantly trying to compare the lives of the three main characters. What themes does the author seem to emphasize with Kate, Ben, and Miro?

Essay Topic 3

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

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