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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is allowed to leave Ruben's home?
(a) All of the women and sick with the exception of Roxane and Ruben.
(b) Only sick people and children.
(c) No one.
(d) Only women.

2. What dichotomy between the setting and characters is established right away?
(a) Everyone feels horror in a place of beauty.
(b) The entire theater is especially panicked.
(c) Everyone is calm.
(d) The setting is chaotic while the people are calm.

3. What might the terrorists be like?
(a) Subdued.
(b) Crazed with anger.
(c) Cruel and agressive.
(d) Rough, crass and aggressive.

4. Who is Joachim Messner?
(a) A police investigator.
(b) A detective.
(c) An American spy.
(d) A Red Cross negotiator.

5. Right away, as the novel begins, what is clear to the reader concerning Roxane?
(a) Her voice is beautiful and magnificent.
(b) She is a kind person.
(c) She commands respect.
(d) She is not a real beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Messner when the hostage situation happened?

2. What fateful decision does Father Arguedas make?

3. Who are Simon and Edith Thibault?

4. When the Vice President comes forward to speak with the terrorists, what does he tell them?

5. Why does Hosokawa even decide to attend the celebration?

(see the answer key)

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