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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 do Jack and Jim find at the back of the walk-in closet in the apartment in Chapter 42?

2. When does Zara say that most people commit suicide?

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

4. Who stole the chldren's drawing from the interview room when Jim was getting coffee?

5. What color is the bank robber's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack do when he learns that his father let the bank robber escape?

2. Why does Jack get annoyed when he interviews Julia and Ro?

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

4. What does the narrator say is the truth at the end of the book?

5. What does Zara do after the hostage situation?

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

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

8. What happens when the bank robber is sitting alone in the hall in Chapter 47?

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

10. What gift does Roger give Ro in Chapter 39?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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