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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Messner feel when he leaves the hostages?
(a) Sad that he must go in and out of the situation.
(b) He is jealous because they get to spend all their time with Roxane.
(c) Happy he is not one.
(d) Frustrated with everyone involved.

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

3. What dichotomy between the setting and characters is established right away?
(a) The entire theater is especially panicked.
(b) Everyone is calm.
(c) The setting is chaotic while the people are calm.
(d) Everyone feels horror in a place of beauty.

4. Who has Gen become attracted to (besides Roxane)?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Beatriz.
(c) Ruben.
(d) Sam.

5. Unfortunately for the accompanist, what is happening to him?
(a) He upsets the hostages.
(b) His health is quickly fading.
(c) He sees that Mr. Hosokawa is attracted.
(d) He is becoming extremely emotional.

6. When Roxane is asked to say something nice about the accompanist, what does she feel?
(a) Sad, she is hurt she is loosing her lover.
(b) Happy, he was a good man.
(c) Awkward because she did not really know him.
(d) Sa, because he was a close friend.

7. How does Roxane Cross feel about being the only woman forced to stay?
(a) She is outraged and upset.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Sad and unfortunate.

8. What do the hostages start to do for the terrorists?
(a) They share their worldly stories.
(b) They start to teach them where places are in the world.
(c) They show them how to use modern day appliances.
(d) They write music together.

9. Who is allowed to leave Ruben's home?
(a) All of the women and sick with the exception of Roxane and Ruben.
(b) Only women.
(c) Only sick people and children.
(d) No one.

10. What does Mr. Hosokawa realize about Roxane as he lays next to her on the floor?
(a) She is unable to stop getting panicked.
(b) She is awkward.
(c) She is not a perfect beauty.
(d) She is frightened beyond belief.

11. Has Simon always been the best husband?
(a) No, because he has cheated on his wife.
(b) No, because he took her for granted.
(c) No, because he has cheated on his wife and under appreciated her.
(d) No, because he did not care about her.

12. When the Vice President comes forward to speak with the terrorists, what does he tell them?
(a) That the President will not respond to hostages.
(b) He explains that the President is not there.
(c) He says he is now the President.
(d) He tells them the President is severely sick.

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

14. Why does Mr. Hosokawa feel responsible for the the kidnapping?
(a) He wants alone time with Roxane.
(b) His government warned him not to come.
(c) He did not do anything to help save the people.
(d) Everyone was in the theater for his birthday.

15. Why is Carmen in love with Roxane?
(a) She wants Roxane's riches.
(b) She is a lesbian.
(c) She is in love with her clothes, life, and sophistication.
(d) Roxane is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Right away, as the novel begins, what is clear to the reader concerning Roxane?

2. Why is the lovely Roxane Cross singing at this particular theater?

3. What does Messner do for the hostages?

4. When the hostages look out of the window, what do they find?

5. What new role does Gen take on for the group?

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