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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. What does Jack tell the negotiator that a woman is doing on the balcony in Chapter 52?
(a) Wearing headphones.
(b) Crying.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Pacing.

2. In Chapter 65, what is the subject of a joke Jim says his wife used to like that he tells the bank robber?
(a) Little girl.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Crying baby.
(d) Tiger.

3. Where does a young police officer set off fireworks in Chapter 66?
(a) Football field.
(b) Down by the bridge.
(c) Park.
(d) By the river.

4. What does Zara prefer to order at restaurants?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Steak.
(c) Baked fish.
(d) Shellfish.

5. In Chapter 56, what does Estelle find in the chest in the closet?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Chocolates.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the drive Jim and Jack take to get their daughter/sister?

2. When do the detectives from Stockholm arrive after the hostages are set free?

3. What does Estelle say that she exchanged with a neighbor in Chapter 58?

4. How long have Ro's parents been married?

5. In Chapter 42, what does Jack find in a ventilation duct above the walk-in closet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim suggest that the bank robber do?

2. How does the bank robber get the key to the other apartment?

3. Why does Lennart go to the closet for some pants?

4. Why does Anna-Lena say that Roger waited 20 minutes to move his car after a man asked if he could have Roger's parking space?

5. What does Nadia tell Zara about getting close to people?

6. Why does Jack get annoyed when he interviews Julia and Ro?

7. What personal question does the negotiator from Stockholm ask Jack?

8. What does the narrator say is the truth at the end of the book?

9. Why is Roger right when he says that the top floor of the building used to be one apartment?

10. What does Zara do after the hostage situation?

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