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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By not shooting the dead man, what are the terrorists showing?
(a) They have repsect for the dead.
(b) They are softies.
(c) They hate the dead.
(d) They hate sick people.

2. What does Messner do for the hostages?
(a) Is very mean to them and gives them little hope.
(b) Provides comfort for them.
(c) He brings in the supplies that the terrorists demand.
(d) Is a link to the outside world.

3. Right away, as the novel begins, what is clear to the reader concerning Roxane?
(a) She commands respect.
(b) She is a kind person.
(c) Her voice is beautiful and magnificent.
(d) She is not a real beauty.

4. During the siege, what are the terrorists learning?
(a) How to work with others.
(b) Culture connections.
(c) Education they crave.
(d) How to relate freinds with their hostages.

5. What does Carmen ask Gen to help her with?
(a) Tutor her in math.
(b) The way she dresses.
(c) Watch movies with her so that he can translate them.
(d) She asks him to teach her Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Simon see his wife in a different light?

2. Where was Messner when the hostage situation happened?

3. When Roxane is asked to say something nice about the accompanist, what does she feel?

4. What language does Carmen speak?

5. Who is allowed to leave Ruben's home?

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