1. In her book Cooney writes, "Terrorists think they're good guys [and] believe they are changing the world, not just damaging it." Do you believe this statement to be true or false? Explain your reasons in depth.

2. Why is the study of current events important within the school context and later on in life?

3. Write a brief front-page newspaper article relating to the capture of Billy Williams's murderer. Give as much background information from the novel as you can gather to inform the public of this fortunate ending to a tragic occurrence. Who was the murderer? Who caught him? How was he caught? Where?

4. Who and what are "expatriates"? Where do they live? Why do they live there? Is the unkind description of them in The Terrorist justified?

5. The London Underground is one of the oldest subway train systems in the...