1.  a) List the countries that border Somalia.  b) b) Name the principal body of water on Somalia's east coast.  (For a map, go to WorldAtlas.com.)

2.  What is the World Food Program (WFP)?

3.  a) Who was on the WFP ship when it was hijacked?
b) Who will negotiate with the hijackers?
c) What is the U.N.'s policy on negotiating with hijackers or kidnappers who seize U.N. staff?

4. This is the third WFP ship to be hijacked.  Why does the WFP continue to deliver humanitarian aid to Somalia by sea?

5.  The three ships might not have been owned by the same company.  What could all ship owners do to prevent future hijackings off the coast of Somalia?

6. a) Why doesn't the headline of this article adequately describe it? 
b) Write a headline that better describes this article.