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

2. In Chapter 37, who went into the closet to sit down?

3. How many IKEA stores does Anna-Lena say that there are in Sweden?

4. In Chapter 32, who is the only hostage who is not lying on the floor?

5. Who thinks there a robbery is about to happen when the bank robber is spotted at the apartment showing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes out of the bathroom in Chapter 36?

2. What are trips to school like for the bank robber's daughters?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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