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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Carmen teaching herself?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) Chinese.
(d) French.

2. When the terrorists discover that the President is not at the performance, how do they feel?
(a) Disgruntled.
(b) Angry, they want to kill him.
(c) Crazed with anger. They begin killing people.
(d) Confused. They are not sure what to do next.

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

4. What are the young terrorists craving?
(a) Hope.
(b) Sex.
(c) Change.
(d) Education.

5. What do we learn about the terrorists' true intentions in this section?
(a) They want to kill all the hostages.
(b) They will only stop once Ben's brother is free.
(c) They hope to change the government.
(d) The terrorists are serious but not cruel. They do not want to kill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the generals wish to do about the hostages?

2. What does Gen begin to record about all the hostages?

3. How does Messner feel when he leaves the hostages?

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

5. What does this setting allow the hostages to feel like?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the terrorists learn that the President is not at the birthday party, what happens?

2. Why are the generals happy that the new group is smaller and how do they work to whittle down their hostage group?

3. What feelings does Roxane make everyone feel throughout the house?

4. What does Messner discover about the terrorists that have taken over Ruben's house?

5. Why is it important for Mr. Hosokawa to be at the birthday party?

6. What does the accompanist's death prove to the reader?

7. What is happening to the health of the accompanist?

8. Why does Mr. Hosokawa feel like the hostage situation is his fault?

9. When the terrorists choose not to shoot a dead body, what are they proving about themselves?

10. How does the novel begin and what mood is established?

(see the answer keys)

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