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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 Lennart say that his real job is in Chapter 53?

2. What does the bank robber give Roger at the beginning of Chapter 38?

3. What does Estelle say that she exchanged with a neighbor in Chapter 58?

4. What did Ro used to call her dad and ask if it was okay to buy with a short best-before date?

5. In Chapter 63, what does Jim remember his wife being made that he bought without consulting her first?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Anna-Lena say that Roger waited 20 minutes to move his car after a man asked if he could have Roger's parking space?

3. What does Estelle say about the secret of a long marriage?

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

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

6. What does Zara do after the hostage situation?

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

8. Why has Nadia not prescribed antidepressants for Zara?

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

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

When Jack is a teenager, he sees a man commit suicide on a bridge. How is Jack affected by the incident? How does the incident affect his life and the decisions he makes?

Essay Topic 2

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 3

Jim sees a box in the hallway of the apartment building. What is in a box that Jim sees in the hallway of the apartment building? Why does he think the box contains a bomb? What stress is he under at the time? How do the stress and his desire to protect his son cloud his perceptions and make him come to the conclusion that the box is a bomb?

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