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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. Where did the police find blood when they went into the apartment where a bank robber had held people captive?

2. How old does Zara appear to be?

3. What was the woman doing in a painting in Zara's psychologist's office?

4. In Chapter 2, how long ago was a man standing on a bridge?

5. What type of jewelery did Zara wear to the apartment showing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jim trip over in the apartment building that he thought was a bomb?

2. What is the name of the real estate agent's agency, and why does it have that name?

3. What nicknames does the bank robber and the bank robber's daughters use for one another?

4. Why did Jim's wife not want him and their son to work together?

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

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

7. What did Jack and Jim do when they arrived at the apartment when the bank robber was holding people hostage?

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

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

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

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Jim sees a box in the hallway of the apartment building. What is in a box that Jim sees in the hallway of the apartment building? Why does he think the box contains a bomb? What stress is he under at the time? How do the stress and his desire to protect his son cloud his perceptions and make him come to the conclusion that the box is a bomb?

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