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

2. Who is trying to protect Roxane the whole time?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Gen. Berlin.
(c) Mr. Hosokawa.
(d) The accompanist.

3. What is unique to this language?
(a) Many people know it.
(b) A lessner known language.
(c) Exclusively from the jungle.
(d) It is a local dialect.

4. What type of role do you think that Father Arguedas will take on in the story?
(a) Play an important mediator role during the hostage situation.
(b) He will be a little too into confrontation.
(c) He will help all the hostages feel better.
(d) He will be aggressively trying to get nonbelievers to convert.

5. Why have the terrorists taken over Ruben's house?
(a) They want one million dollars.
(b) They want to free General Benjamin's brother, Luis, from jail.
(c) They wanted to kill the President in front of millions of people.
(d) They want to burn it down.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the hostages look out of the window, what do they find?

2. Who is Joachim Messner?

3. Why are Gen's services needed right away?

4. What are the young terrorists craving?

5. What do they discover about the accompanist?

Short Essay Questions

1. As time goes on, how do the hostages and terrorists start to treat one another?

2. Why are the generals happy that the new group is smaller and how do they work to whittle down their hostage group?

3. How do the hostages and terrorists find a way to communicate with one another?

4. When the terrorists learn that the President is not at the birthday party, what happens?

5. When Roxane wishes to sing, who helps her and why is it a surprise?

6. What feelings does Roxane make everyone feel throughout the house?

7. Why does Roxane feel awkward while giving her speech about Christoph?

8. As the hostages get used to their new home, what do they learn about their surroundings?

9. Who is finally allowed to leave the house and why?

10. Why is this time in the house so important for Carmen and how does she take advantage of her situation?

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