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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of love is everyone experiencing toward Roxane?

2. What do they find in the accompanist's pockets?

3. How does Roxane react to Mr. Hosokawa's apology?

4. What do we learn about the terrorists' true intentions in this section?

5. What have all the hostages been told to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspects of the situation have led Simon to re-evaluate his life?

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

3. Why does Mr. Hosokawa decide to attend his own birthday party?

4. Why do the terrorists choose to keep Roxane at the house?

5. As time goes on, how do the hostages and terrorists start to treat one another?

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

7. Although the terrorists seem to have all the control in the situation, what do the hostages offer?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genders roles are often specific to certain cultures. When Ruben asks Roxane to cook, he is assuming that in American culture, women are in charge of domestic rituals. While this is true to an extent, gender roles are not universal. Roxane is a wealthy performer who is used to being waited on.

- How does Ruben's culture feel women should behave? Is their role to be subservient to men or to have kitchen duties?

- What are typical roles that fall to women in American society?

- How do the two gender stereotypes align?

Essay Topic 2

Many at-risk youths feel that the only way to survive their upbringing and their neighborhoods is to join a group or gang that will protect them.

- Why do they believe that they need protection where they live?

- How do gangs offer a fake sense of protection to its members?

Essay Topic 3

How do all of the characters join together to create a disillusioned environment in the house?

Why are they all eager to protect the fake world they have created?

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