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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is with Hosokawa at the theater?
(a) Gen Wannabe, his partner.
(b) Gen Wannabe, his butler.
(c) Gen Watanabe, his friend and translator.
(d) Gen Watanabe, business investor.

2. What do the generals wish to do about the hostages?
(a) Let them all go and take over the house.
(b) They want to separate them into groups: the most wealthy and least wealthy.
(c) They want to kill all of them.
(d) They want the hostages to use their connections to free General Benjamin's brother.

3. What does Gen begin to record about all the hostages?
(a) Their looks.
(b) Their voices so that they can send messages to their families.
(c) He records all of the different hostages by profession and income.
(d) Written letters to their families.

4. Why are the generals happier with their smaller group?
(a) It is a littler easier to manage a smaller group of hostages.
(b) They do not like being aorund a lot of people.
(c) They want to kill less people.
(d) People make them nervous.

5. After the lights have gone out in the theater, what do the attendees finally realize?
(a) The theater has been taken over by a group of terrorists.
(b) They will not get to hear the amazing singer.
(c) The ambulance is not coming.
(d) The president has not showed up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though he is getting extremely ill, what does the accompanist decide to do?

2. What dichotomy between the setting and characters is established right away?

3. At the end of the chapter, who else is released?

4. Who is Joachim Messner?

5. What is the accompanist's real name?

(see the answer key)

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