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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 did Nigel give Amanda for Christmas in Chapter 29?

2. in Chapter 35, what did Amanda wish for?

3. In Chapter 40 on the trip to the new place, who sat between Nigel and Amanda in the hatch of the car?

4. What did Amanda do obsessively before she was kidnapped that was considered taboo in the Muslim world?

5. Th night the soldiers took Amanda into the desert to kill her in Chapter 27, who said he had saved her from death?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 24, what did Amanda read?

2. What role did Kelly Barker play on the crisis management team when Amanda was in captivity?

3. In Chapter 29, what did Nigel think Amanda should do in case they killed her?

4. What were the rules at the Dark House?

5. In Chapter 33, what were Amanda and Nigel given to eat before they were returned to Escape House?

6. Who tried to help Amanda in the mosque when she and Nigel tried to escape?

7. In Chapter 30, how did Nigel think that he and Amanda might have been able to escape?

8. After Amanda was raped by Abdullah, what did she begin doing?

9. Which of their captives did Nigel and Amanda fear the most in Chapter 23?

10. What were Amanda's only belongings in Dark House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Amanda became suicidal. What gave Amanda hope so that she decided not to kill herself?

Essay Topic 2

Amanda hired a fixer in Somalia. Why did Amanda hire a fixer and what was his role?

Essay Topic 3

Amanda had one house she called a House in the Sky. What was this house and how did it get her through her captivity, especially when she was in Dark House?

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