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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 Chapter 28, what does Anna-Lena think that she and Roger have come to resemble?

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

3. What are the only birds that the narrator thinks you should throw stones at?

4. In Chapter 8, what does an older police officer like to have for lunch?

5. What type of fruit is in a bowl on the coffee table during the apartment showing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Julia not want Ro to make friends during the hostage situation and apartment viewing?

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

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

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

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

10. What happened after the hostages left the apartment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Humor is a literary device that makes readers laugh. How does Backman use humor in the book? How does it help break up the tension in various scenes?

Essay Topic 3

When Jack is a teenager, he sees a man commit suicide on a bridge. How is Jack affected by the incident? How does the incident affect his life and the decisions he makes?

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