The Day the World Came to Town- 14/15

The prince from the Middle East was upset because ________.

• the food options were not to his liking

• the water was not warm enough for showering

• his family had to sleep in a cabin, not a hotel

• he felt people were discriminating against his culture

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The man from either NY or NJ who was screaming in the middle of the road was screaming because___________.

• he saw a plane fly overhead and was excited

• a truck stopped to let people cross the street

• he had just seen the images of the towers and was upset

• the monkeys from the hanger got loose

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A group that runs the_________ in NY wanted to do something for the school and church to show their gratitude.

• LaGuardia Airport

• police force

• Rockefeller Foundation

• NBC news station

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A couple walking down the street in Gander with their young child______.

• is offered free day care so that they can go eat by the day care center that they pass

• is offered a free stroller by a woman who sees them walking by her house

• is offered a car for the day so that they do not have to walk

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Captain Knoth spent a lot of time at the school instead of his hotel with flight crew and pilots because________.

• he did not want to be a pilot anymore

• his flight crew was angry with him because the planes were still grounded

• everyone was partying at the hotel

• the mood at the school was positive while back at the hotel, most people were scared

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When Continental Flight 29 was ready to leave from Gander, the Irish passenger who wrote on the paper about bin Laden was__________.

• almost handcuffed on the flight due to safety concerns

• not allowed on the flight

• instead, put on a flight back to Ireland

• forced to sit in the back seat, next to a police officer

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As Lufthansa Flight 400 was receiving clearance to leave that evening, a passenger came to the pilot's hotel room and stated_______.

• he was going to sit in the cockpit with the pilot; he just needed an axe

• the passengers sitting in first-class needed to be armed with weapons to protect the rest of the passengers

• that it was not safe to board the plane due to rumors that he heard around the hotel

• he and three other passengers were going to guard the cockpit; they just needed axes

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As an act of kindness from a Gander citizen shown toward the nineteen-year-old from India/Pakistan before she boarded her flight, was_______.

• she was given food from her culture

• she was given twenty dollars

• she was given a free flight to visit Gander whenever she wanted to come back

• she was given a phone card so that she could call home at anytime when in the U.S.

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The Loper family decided to make the trip back to Germany although they were concerned about Alexandria's immigration status.

• True

• False

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Although they did not get on their flight, the Lopers were able to rent a car in Gander which they could drive across the border into the U.S. since the airspace was still closed.

• True

• False

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