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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 team does Bank say her father supported?

2. In Chapter 29, who fixes the pizzeria door?

3. In Chapter 32, where does Kent kiss Britt-Marie?

4. In Chapter 33, who drives up to the pizzeria?

5. In Chapter 29, what does Bank give Britt-Marie to drink for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what does Sami ask Britt-Marie to help him with?

2. Why does Kent come to see Britt-Marie in Borg?

3. What problem is there with some of the Borg players, and how is the problem resolved?

4. What happens when Britt-Marie knocks on a door in Chapter 38?

5. Where do Britt-Marie and Sven find the children after Sami dies?

6. In Chapter 30, why are some people taking down for sale signs in Borg?

7. What does it mean when someone supports Manchester United?

8. How does Britt-Marie feel in Chapter 29 and what does she attribute her illness to?

9. What happened to Sami, Vega, and Omar's mother?

10. What happens after Britt-Marie tells Sven and Kent to go away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hope is an optimistic way of looking at things. What do Britt-Marie’s balcony and the for sale signs in Borg symbolize about hope?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

Sami’s parents are gone. Why is Sami the one caring for his siblings? How do he and his siblings survive without their parents?

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