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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 color is the bank robber's hair?

2. What is the policeman who is supposed to be keeping journalists out of the apartment eating?

3. Who is the first person to say that they need to help the bank robber?

4. How often does Jack tell his dad that he should take off his wedding ring?

5. What does Zara prefer to order at restaurants?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why has Nadia not prescribed antidepressants for Zara?

6. How do Jack and Jim discover that the bank robber did not shoot themselves?

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

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

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

10. Why does Lennart look like he is bleeding in Chapter 61?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roger and Anna-Lena have communication problems. How would you describe the relationship between Roger and Anna-Lena? How does communication cause problems in their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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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