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

2. What is wrong with Jack's sister?

3. What does Ro have for pets?

4. What does Estelle offer the bank robber when the bank robber gets upset?

5. How old is the person who leaves home with a pistol in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened when Jack saw a girl at the bridge prepared to commit suicide a week after a man jumped from the bridge?

3. What happened after the hostages left the apartment?

4. What is Anxious People about according to the narrator?

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

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

7. Why were the owners of the other apartment on the same floor as the apartment where the hostage drama was going on getting a divorce?

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

9. Why does the narrator say that the real estate agent was not doing a good job?

10. At the end of Chapter 31, why does Anna-Lena find herself on the floor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jim decides to help the bank robber escape. Why does Jim decide to help the bank robber escape? What role does empathy play in his decision? Is his decision right according to the law?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

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