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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 must Gen translate to Roxane?

2. What do Gen and Carmen try to make rules about?

3. What does Carmen cause Gen to realize about himself?

4. What does Cesar fall in love with?

5. Where do Carmen and Gen go to make love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does General Benjamin realize about the way he handled the siege?

2. Messner is jealous that everyone in the house gets to spend time with Roxane, but what does he slowly realize?

3. What does Carmen realize the house has become for everyone and how do the people inside of it choose to live their lives?

4. Why does Ruben think he can ask Roxan to begin preparing food for the house?

5. What happens when all of the hostages learn that they may go outside?

6. Why does Gen panic at Messner's news?

7. General Benjamin allows some of his soldiers to learn how to cook, what does this show about him?

8. How do the hostages and terrorists begin to make a schedule for their new lives?

9. Why does Beatriz decide to be merciful towards Carmen and Gen?

10. After Carmen and Gen help Mr. Hosokawa and Roxane get together, what do they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Carmen and Beatriz are the only female terrorists, but they are very different from one another.

1. Compare and Contrast Carmen to Beatriz.

2. Why are so many more people taken with Carmen than Beatriz?

3. How does Beatriz try to become an integral part of the house?

Essay Topic 2

Many characters in the book fall in love with Roxane. Are these characters actually in love with her or are they in lust with her?

What is the difference between lust and love?

Why is it important to recognize the difference between the two?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author establish Ruben's home as a prison and as an alternate reality?

What qualities about the home are likened to a prison? What about the home allows them to see it as a safe place.

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