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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. Why does the General try to seek forgiveness?
(a) He loves his son too much to loose him.
(b) Because he lost his job for sending Ben into the field.
(c) Because he sent his son into a battleground.
(d) Because he misses his wife.

2. What is unique about all of the children who have died?
(a) They are all very smart.
(b) They are all boys.
(c) They are all the only child in their families.
(d) They are all left handed.

3. Does the reader ever really learn about Ben's mother?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only through the General's eyes.
(c) No, because she is dead.
(d) Yes, Ben mentions her briefly.

4. The day of the hijacking, where does the General search for his son?
(a) In the library.
(b) At Ben's baseball game.
(c) At Ben's school.
(d) At the pool.

5. What were Washington's orders for the General on the morning of the hijacking?
(a) To leave Ben out of the hijacking situations.
(b) To bomb the entire hostage camp.
(c) To send the General into see the hostages.
(d) To send Ben as the messenger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miro finally escape?

2. How had the General learned almost everything he knew about Ben?

3. How does Miro feel after the others berate him for overlooking Kate's search?

4. What does Kate think will happen to her if she can talk to Miro?

5. Once Kate finally starts the bus, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kate become nervous and sad?

2. What does the General remember about the day of the hijacking?

3. What does the reader discover about the General in this section?

4. Prior to Ben's death, what type of the man was the General?

5. To the reader, what does it seem like the General has chosen?

6. As the General looks back on the day of the hijacking, what does he wonder?

7. What explains Ben's need for forgiveness from his father.

8. Who has taken over the narration of the novel in this section?

9. What does Kate underestimate about Miro?

10. What led to Ben's suicide.

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