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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of role do you think that Father Arguedas will take on in the story?
(a) He will help all the hostages feel better.
(b) Play an important mediator role during the hostage situation.
(c) He will be aggressively trying to get nonbelievers to convert.
(d) He will be a little too into confrontation.

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

3. What is the first communication between Roxane and Mr. Hosokawa?
(a) He tells her that he admires her talent.
(b) He apologizes to her for having her life put in danger.
(c) He tells her how much he loves her.
(d) By letter.

4. How does Messner bring Roxane music?
(a) He begs his boss to find some.
(b) He sneaks it in with the rest of the supplies.
(c) He uses Father Arguedas' local connection to get the sheet music she needs.
(d) He brings some from his own personal collection.

5. Why is the lovely Roxane Cross singing at this particular theater?
(a) For Mr. Katsumi Hosokawa's birthday.
(b) This is her last show before she retires.
(c) She was paid a large amount to sing.
(d) She is in love with Hosokawa and wants him to have a great birthday.

6. Who are Simon and Edith Thibault?
(a) French ambassadors to this South American country.
(b) Affluent lawyers.
(c) Very important doctors.
(d) They are American spies.

7. What do they find in the accompanist's pockets?
(a) A gun.
(b) A hypodermic needle.
(c) A knife.
(d) A shot glass.

8. What new role does Gen take on for the group?
(a) He becomes their bulter.
(b) Gen takes on the role of a secretary to the generals.
(c) Gen shows them how to read.
(d) He teaches them how to use computers.

9. 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.

10. How does Mr. Hosokawa spend most of his day?
(a) With Roxane and Kato.
(b) Taking walks in the garden.
(c) Hitting on Roxane.
(d) Making business decisions.

11. Why are Gen's services needed right away?
(a) He is a great mediator.
(b) He is an expert translator and is called in to help.
(c) He is very calm under pressure.
(d) Everyone speaks the same language.

12. What does the whole room begin to assume about their relationship (Roxane and the accompanist)?
(a) She is his daughter.
(b) He is infatuated with her.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) He will kill her if she does not return his love.

13. What might the terrorists be like?
(a) Subdued.
(b) Crazed with anger.
(c) Rough, crass and aggressive.
(d) Cruel and agressive.

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

15. Who is trying to protect Roxane the whole time?
(a) The accompanist.
(b) Mr. Hosokawa.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Gen. Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hosokawa even decide to attend the celebration?

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

3. What does Mr. Hosokawa realize about Roxane as he lays next to her on the floor?

4. What does Roxane's music cause to happen?

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

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