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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Garrigan realizes he has emerged from the forest close to __________.
(a) Kampala
(b) Nairobi
(c) Kenya
(d) Mbarara

2. Garrigan hopes that the ____________ still on his van will help him pass safety through the land.
(a) Secret code
(b) Painting of Amin
(c) Sticker
(d) Red cross

3. What does Garrigan see in the room with him and Amin one night, and then contemplates killing Amin?
(a) A baseball bat
(b) A bottle of poison
(c) A broken bottle
(d) Gun

4. Where does Garrigan go the next morning after his run in with Amin and the accusations against him?
(a) Train station
(b) Border
(c) The secret prison
(d) Airport

5. What kind of hostages are being held in the hijacked airplane at the airport?
(a) English
(b) Israeli
(c) Spanish
(d) Tanzanian

6. If Amin had not been fighting the ____________ free fighters in Kenya, Amin says he would not have practiced cannibalism.
(a) Scottish
(b) British
(c) Mau-Mau
(d) Tanzanians

7. The ____________ tells Garrigan that it will not be as bad as he thinks it will be.
(a) Soldier
(b) Publicist
(c) Spy
(d) Woman

8. What is stolen from Garrigan's bungalow after the rest of the British are expelled?
(a) His passport
(b) His journal
(c) His money
(d) His pillow

9. Garrigan tries to imagine that the house is actually in _____________ and that he is Idi Amin.
(a) Spain
(b) Scotland
(c) Germany
(d) Britain

10. Amin admits on a broadcast that Tanzanians and its friends - all _____________ - have attacked the country, killing many civilians.
(a) Muslims
(b) Cannibals
(c) British
(d) Zionists

11. The ____________ have given Israel and the rest of the world a two-day deadline to release a list of prisoners or the hostages will be blown up.
(a) Ugandans
(b) Palestinians
(c) British
(d) Scottish

12. What does Garrigan see when he approaches the center of the town?
(a) A wedding celebration
(b) Soldiers beating boys
(c) Boys with machine guns on women
(d) A feast

13. The soldiers were distressed to find out they might have killed a __________ as this would make their leader unhappy.
(a) White man
(b) Child
(c) Black man
(d) Woman

14. What does Garrigan take in order to get into Kenya and to his freedom?
(a) The white truck
(b) A boat
(c) Land Rover
(d) Maserati

15. Who announces to the non-Israeli passengers that he has negotiated their release?
(a) Amin
(b) Garrigan
(c) Weir
(d) Nigel Stone

Short Answer Questions

1. Garrigan notices that the ___________ in front of the secret door have not been touched at all.

2. What happens to Garrigan once he emerges from his hiding place after the van incident?

3. What does the back of the book Garrigan's dad is reading say? "The road ______, the destination obscure."

4. What does the secret door in Amin's bedroom actually lead to?

5. What doesn't Garrigan know when the publicist asks him the question?

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