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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 are the names of all four terrorists?

2. Are many children saved as a result of the assault?

3. How do the terrorists react to this death?

4. The day of the hijacking, where does the General search for his son?

5. What does Miro notice about Ben?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the deaths horribly tragic in the book?

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

3. What do the terrorists think will happen with the attack from Inner Delta?

4. What did the General do to Ben to make sure, that he could always know what was happening with Ben?

5. Why isn't Kate killed during or after her escape attempt?

6. What happens to Kate's rescue/escape attempt?

7. How does Kate start the bus?

8. When the assault happens, what does Miro do?

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

10. How does Artkin die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is foreshadowing a device that Cormier uses throughout his novel?

If so, what characters, or section of the novel does he choose to use this device in.

Give 3 instances of foreshadowing.

Essay Topic 2

In your opinion, did Ben's father choose this work over his son's life?

Explain your stance. Provide information from the book to support your point.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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