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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. How far does the negotiator tell Jack they had to drive in the village where he grew up to buy milk?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 35 minutes.
(c) 40 minutes.
(d) 55 minutes.

2. How old are Estelle's grandchildren?
(a) 8 and 11.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Middle-schoolers.
(d) 12 and 16.

3. How many pizzas does Jack remember that the hostages ordered?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

4. What did Julia's mother do for a living?
(a) Ran a bookstore.
(b) Cleaned offices.
(c) Cleaned houses.
(d) Clerked in a grocery store.

5. In Chapter 66, what does the real estate agent say is the only thing left in the other apartment for sale?
(a) Waffle iron.
(b) Blender.
(c) Juicer.
(d) Can opener.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the negotiator say in Chapter 52 that he had to talk to a captor after he let the hostages go?

2. How long does Anna-Lena tell Julia that Roger waited to move his car after a young man asked if he could have Roger's parking space in a car park?

3. In Chapter 47, who tells the bank robber not to do anything silly?

4. Why is Ro's father not able to inspect the apartment for her?

5. In a quote that Jim's wife liked, what did a man say he would plant even if "the world was going to hell tomorrow" (298)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has Nadia not prescribed antidepressants for Zara?

4. What does Jack find in the walk-in closet at the apartment?

5. What happens when the bank robber is sitting alone in the hall in Chapter 47?

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

7. What does Estelle say about the secret of a long marriage?

8. What does Jack do when he learns that his father let the bank robber escape?

9. Why does Lennart look like he is bleeding in Chapter 61?

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

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