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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 does the policeman's mother do for a living in Chapter 3?

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

3. What color are the curtains in the apartment that is being shown for sale?

4. Who owned the apartment that were the bank robber took people hostage?

5. Where in the apartment was Zara when the bank robber arrived?

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 does Roger say about missing measurements, and how does he know there are missing measurements?

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

4. Why does Jack have nightmares, and what does he do about them?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What type of excuses might an addict's child come up with as excuses for their parent?

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

The narrator comments that the word Stockholm represents more than a place. How is the word Stockholmers used in the book? What does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Estelle arranges a showing of her apartment at New Year’s. Why does Estelle arrange a showing of her apartment at New Year’s? Why is she struggling with loneliness?

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