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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator describe Allan's mother marching in the May Day parade in Chapter 4?
(a) Flen.
(b) Byringe.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Strängnäs.

2. Who is described as "the upstart clown who had taken over" after the Tsar's deposal in Chapter 4?
(a) President Adams.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Hitler.

3. Who is the Tsar that Allan's father describes in Chapter 4?
(a) Nicholas IV.
(b) Nicholas III.
(c) Nicholas II.
(d) Nicholas I.

4. Who is the King of Sweden at the time when Allan leaves his childhood home?
(a) King Eric XIV.
(b) King Charles IX.
(c) King Gustaf V.
(d) King Johannes V.

5. What is the name of the company that Allan establishes after his mother's death?
(a) The Aronsson Chemical Company.
(b) The Retrograde Atomic Company.
(c) The Karlsson Dynamite Company.
(d) The TNT Demolition Comapny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did Allan spend in a mental institution following the explosives accident in his youth?

2. How old is Allan when his father's bed is moved into the wood-shed?

3. What years are covered in Chapter 7?

4. Where did Bucket begin his criminal career?

5. What is the next bus set to depart the station when Allan arrives in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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