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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. Why do they decide not to immediately kill the bus driver?

2. What was the name of Ben's home?

3. When will they hijack the bus?

4. What does Kate find in her wallet?

5. According to Artkin, what will promote their cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader begin to understand about Miro as the events of the novel play out?

2. According to Ben's father, what do the terrorists want?

3. What do the terrorists do with the child who has died?

4. What do the terrorists hope to gain from the negotiations?

5. When Kate is using the bathroom, what does she find?

6. When Artkin summons Miro, what does he tell him about?

7. What is different about Miro and Ben?

8. What is Ben very eager to do?

9. What does the reader immediately pick up on between Ben and his family?

10. What does Ben remember about the morning of the hijacking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Two thirds of the way through the novel, the author begins to focus on two relationships. When it is revealed that Artkin in Miro's father, the author shifts the reader's attention to their apparent father/son relationship. Compare this relationship to Ben and the General.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the characters in the novel feel regret over their past actions.

Examine the motives and actions of the following characters. If they regretted any of their actions, describe it:

- Miro

- The General

- Ben

Essay Topic 3

Cruelty is another major theme in the novel. How do the following characters, act cruelly towards another human being?

- Miro

- Artkin

- The General

- Kate

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