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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 far is the drive Jim and Jack take to get their daughter/sister?

2. What does Jim remember that his wife used to put on her breakfast cereal?

3. In Chapter 51, what is the psychologist eating when Zara arrives early for her appointment?

4. What does Jim remember that his wife used to pour in his pillowcase as he was about to go to bed?

5. What does Jack tell the negotiator that a woman is doing on the balcony in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Lennart's interview, what does Jack say about marriage?

2. Why has Nadia not prescribed antidepressants for Zara?

3. Where does the bank robber live after the hostage situation?

4. In Chapter 48, why does Jack run into the police station?

5. Why does Lennart go to the closet for some pants?

6. What does Zara tell Nadia that she likes to do and why?

7. What does Jack find in the walk-in closet at the apartment?

8. How did Julia and Ro meet and start their relationship?

9. What does Ro request when Estelle offers to make some food?

10. What does Jim suggest that the bank robber do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The bank robber’s husband has an affair. What does the narrator think happened to the bank robber’s marriage? Why does the narrator think complacency played a part in the failure of the marriage?

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