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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people worked on the Manhattan Project over the years, according to the narrator in the novel?
(a) Over 130,000.
(b) Under 50.
(c) Over 300,000.
(d) Over 200,000.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 10, Bucket has been sitting outside of a supermarket in what town for four days?
(a) Uppsala.
(b) Hälleforsnäs.
(c) Rottne.
(d) Yxhult.

3. Where does Allan arrive via ship in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Paris.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

4. Who is killed by the test explosives in Allan's gravel pit by accidentally driving his car there?
(a) Algotsson.
(b) Bolt.
(c) Benny.
(d) Gustavsson.

5. For what company does Allan work as an errand boy when he is ten years old?
(a) Johnson & Johnson.
(b) The KGB.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Nitroglycerine Ltd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car has Bucket driven to Lake Farm, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?

2. Bosse's residence is located near what small town?

3. To where did the Swedish consulate in Petrograd send a telegram to inform Allan's mother of his father's death?

4. During what years is Chapter 13 set?

5. Who is the Tsar that Allan's father describes in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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