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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 was the name of the leader of the guerilla?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Martino.
(c) Fisher.
(d) Rodriguez.

2. Where did Osmin leave Abel after he saved him?
(a) Church.
(b) With the guerillas.
(c) Side of the road.
(d) Hut.

3. Where in the U.S. was Lisette from?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Massachusetts.

4. In Chapter 7, how was the mayor of Rioclaro killed?
(a) Shot.
(b) Hung.
(c) Chainsaw.
(d) Flayed.

5. Where did Jefferson and Abel meet with the mayor of Rioclaro in Chapter 7?
(a) A bar.
(b) A school.
(c) His office.
(d) His home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Abelito go in Chapter 3?

2. In Book II, Chapter 2, in the story Valencia told Juan Pablo, what business did gringa hen want to start?

3. In Chapter 1, where was Santiago's body found?

4. In Book II, Chapter 4, what general does Juan Pablo sit behind?

5. What did Abelitos's grandfather take him and his sisters and teach them to carve?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the time of the raid on Ammar al-Zawba'i, how did Mason describe himself and his job?

2. What did Able remember about the early days after Osmin saved him?

3. What does Lisette always do when she returns home?

4. Why are mosquito nets that are supposed to stop malara causing problems in Africa?

5. How was Carpenter killed and why?

6. Why had Lisette felt that Kabul was increasingly dangerous in Chapter 4?

7. How does Abel describe what it is to be a person in Chapter 1?

8. What is wrong with Lisette's Uncle Carey, and what talk does she have with him?

9. Why did Jefe think Mason needed to think about leaving Special Forces in Book II, Chapter 3?

10. How would Mason's father help him when he was upset or angry as a teenager?

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