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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. Where does Julia say that her previous financee wanted to do a bungee jump off a bridge?

2. Who comes to the door when Jim brings the pizza?

3. Who does the bank robber tell Jim would like fireworks before the hostages are released?

4. In a quote that Jim's wife liked, what did a man say he would plant even if "the world was going to hell tomorrow" (298)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nadia tell Zara about getting close to people?

5. Why is Roger right when he says that the top floor of the building used to be one apartment?

6. How does Roger order pizza?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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