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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. In the past two weeks, how many apartments have Julia and Ro looked at?

2. In Chapter 10, who was the first person who saw the man on the bridge ten years ago?

3. How many children do Anna-Lena and Roger have?

4. How many people were at the apartment showing who were actually interested in buying the apartment according to Zara?

5. What does Zara do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jack do when he was the first police officer into the apartment where the bank robber held people hostage?

2. What happened during Ro and Julia's first date?

3. Why is the man in the rabbit head in the bathroom?

4. What does Anna-Lena do after the man with the rabbit head is revealed?

5. What happened to break up the bank robber's marriage?

6. What have been some of Ro's obsessions?

7. What happened when a teenage boy saw a man on a bridge ten years ago?

8. Who is Estelle and why is her husband not with her at the apartment showing?

9. What happened when the bank robber gave up?

10. How did the narrator describe Zara in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim and Jack are thinking of their wife/mother as the hostage situation unfolds. Why do Jim and Jack think about their wife/mother during the hostage situation? How and why do they try to do things that they know she would have approved of?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Anxious People, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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