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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the beggar have stapled to his shirt?
(a) Marlboro packets.
(b) Chicken feathers.
(c) Goose feathers.
(d) Lettuce.

2. Who has employed Brita for her latest assignment?
(a) A German magazine.
(b) The American government.
(c) The British government.
(d) A French magazine.

3. How does Karen say she got from the bus station?
(a) She walked.
(b) She hitchhiked.
(c) She took a taxi.
(d) She cycled.

4. What does Rashid say they teach the children?
(a) Independence.
(b) Humor.
(c) Life.
(d) Identity.

5. Who does the graffiti say should go home?
(a) Arafat.
(b) Nixon.
(c) Rashid.
(d) Bush.

6. Who does Bill think about for the first time at the end of this section?
(a) His son.
(b) Charlie.
(c) The hostage.
(d) His daughter.

7. In which city is Bill in chapter eleven?
(a) Beirut.
(b) Athens.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

8. Who does Haddard say terrorism defends?
(a) Religious people.
(b) Society.
(c) The defenseless.
(d) The government.

9. Who does Karen say has a plan for all mankind?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mao.
(c) Master.
(d) Scott.

10. For what does Karen apologize to Scott?
(a) Laughing at the wrong moment.
(b) Hurting him.
(c) Sleeping with Bill.
(d) Leaving at a bad time.

11. How is Bill planning to get to Beirut?
(a) By hitchhiking.
(b) By ferry.
(c) By plane.
(d) By train.

12. What are the homeless using as their home?
(a) A box.
(b) A bandstand.
(c) A shed.
(d) A squat.

13. With whose funeral does Karen become obsessed?
(a) Gray's.
(b) Warhol's.
(c) Khomeini's.
(d) Mao's.

14. What is the hostage's name?
(a) Jean-Paul Franzil.
(b) Peter Jackson.
(c) Jean-Claude Julien.
(d) Albert Camus.

15. What does Bill say he devoutly wants to be?
(a) In love.
(b) A good person.
(c) Forgotten.
(d) A good writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Karen and Scott drive twenty two miles to buy?

2. Why does Rashid say they put westerners in locked rooms?

3. What does Karen find particularly interesting about the funeral?

4. Who does Bill remember fondly in this section?

5. What does the old man take from Bill?

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