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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 did Anna-Lena do before she retired?

2. Where did Jack's mother get stabbed when she got caught in a riot and tried to help a bleeding woman get away?

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

4. Which of the hostages had a bag of stage blood?

5. What does Zara prefer to order at restaurants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal question does the negotiator from Stockholm ask Jack?

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

3. What does Lennart tell Zara about Anna-Lena and Roger's careers?

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

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

6. How does the bank robber get the key to the other apartment?

7. Why does Estelle tell people that Knut is parking the car?

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

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

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

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

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 3

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?

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