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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 does Alix ask David to do as smoke begins to fill the dormitory?

2. When the terrorists take over the private cafeteria of the United States Olympic team, how many athletes are there?

3. Where are the visitors who meet David at his home from?

4. What is Josef Servenko's code name?

5. What does Ben tell Alix he was part of when they first meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Soldier tell the Engineer and Architect before they get down to business?

2. How is Alix feeling as she sits in the house of her contact after leaving the train station?

3. Why do the broadcasters report that there is hope in Moscow as the terrorists' deadline nears?

4. Why is David surprised when the Soldier takes him to meet the Fuhrer and the Fuhrer turns out to be Benjamin Rabinowitz?

5. What does David learn about Elena and Nick's death that he has trouble comprehending?

6. What is the pledge of the terrorist group?

7. What images does Alix relive in her mind as she walks and tries to clear her head in the morning the attacks are to begin?

8. How do the terrorists punctuate their demands that no one is to leave the Olympics until all of the terrorists' demands have been met?

9. What does David realize about Alix as he listens to her explanation of why his wife, grandmother, and brother were all killed on Benjamin's orders?

10. What does Alix suddenly realize about David when she sees him again in the Olympic Village?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the author choose the title "See How They Run" for this book? How does the title foreshadow the events that unfold in David's life? In Alix's life? In the Olympic Village?

Essay Topic 2

There is no doubt that Alix has been greatly affected by the horrors she experienced at the hands of the Nazis, who also caused the deaths of both of her parents. Discuss how Alix's need to rectify the past affects her decisions. How does Alix's past affect her mental state, her ability to reason, her ability to trust, and her overall self-image?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the terrorist group evolves from a group wanting to prevent the terror of the concentration camps being repeated to the group that comes to hold the world's athletes hostage at the Moscow Olympic games.

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