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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does a policeman say that he got a lump on his head in Chapter 6?
2. What does the young police officer do to try to stop the nightmares he has?
3. In Chapter 10, who was the first person who saw the man on the bridge ten years ago?
4. In Chapter 22, who did the bank robber accidentally aim the pistol at?
5. What does Zara have in her house that cost as much as the apartment where the bank robber held people hostage?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who comes out of the bathroom in Chapter 36?
2. Why is the man in the rabbit head in the bathroom?
3. At the end of Chapter 31, why does Anna-Lena find herself on the floor?
4. What is the name of the real estate agent's agency, and why does it have that name?
5. What nicknames does the bank robber and the bank robber's daughters use for one another?
6. What happened after the hostages left the apartment?
7. Who is London, and what information does she provide in her interview to the police?
8. How did the narrator describe Zara in Chapter 22?
9. What are trips to school like for the bank robber's daughters?
10. During Zara's first session with a psychologist, what information did Zara give and not give regarding the reason she came to see the psychologist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The bank robber’s husband has an affair. What does the narrator think happened to the bank robber’s marriage? Why does the narrator think complacency played a part in the failure of the marriage?
Essay Topic 2
When Zara sees the bank robber pointing the gun toward herself, Zara makes her lower it. What does Zara’s response reveal about the way she is changing? What does her response reveal about how her therapy appointments have influenced her?
Essay Topic 3
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
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