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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the destination for the next bus leaving the station when Allan arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) Braås.
(b) Flen.
(c) Strängnäs.
(d) Malmköping.

3. During what years is Chapter 9 set?
(a) 1946-1952.
(b) 1933-1936.
(c) 1942-1946.
(d) 1939-1945.

4. What is the name of Bosse's residence?
(a) Molotov Farm.
(b) Bitter Farm.
(c) Bellringer Farm.
(d) Lake Farm.

5. What is the first town that Allan encounters after he's been freed from jail for blowing up his cabin in Chapter 7?
(a) Malmköping.
(b) Hälleforsnäs.
(c) Yxhult.
(d) Strängnäs.

6. What does General Franco serve to Allan after he has saved him from the bridge explosion in Chapter 7?
(a) Omelets.
(b) Potato soup.
(c) Steak.
(d) Paella.

7. Bosse's residence is located near what small town?
(a) Yxhult.
(b) Falköping.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Flen.

8. What item of evidence have the investigators discovered where Bucket was killed in Chapter 14?
(a) Bucket's revolver.
(b) Bucket's knife.
(c) Bucket's pill bottle.
(d) Bucket's body.

9. What mountain range does Allan recall crossing in his youth in Chapter 2?
(a) The Sierra Nevada.
(b) The Pyrenees.
(c) The Andes.
(d) The Himalayas.

10. Who is the husband of Soong May-ling?
(a) Chiang Kai-shek.
(b) Julius Jonsson.
(c) Herbert Einstein.
(d) Mao Tse-tung.

11. What day of the week is it when Allan escapes the nursing home?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Wednesday.

12. Who spends much of his time fishing while staying at the Beauty's farm?
(a) Allan.
(b) Julius.
(c) Henrik Hultén.
(d) Bucket.

13. What does Prosecutor Conny Ranelid intend to leak to the press in the end of Chapter 14?
(a) That "the centenarian is a veritable murder machine."
(b) That "the centenarian has left the country."
(c) That "the centenarian is in grave danger from his kidnappers."
(d) That "the centenarian" has died.

14. To where did the Swedish consulate in Petrograd send a telegram to inform Allan's mother of his father's death?
(a) Strängnäs.
(b) Yxhult.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Byringe.

15. Where does the bus driver intend to drop off Allan after he's paid his fare in Chapter 2?
(a) Uppsala.
(b) Byringe Station.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Braås.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Chapter 1 begin?

2. What is Allan's room number at the nursing home?

3. Who is the ill-tempered woman that heads the nursing home where Allan lives?

4. What is the Boss's real name in the narrative?

5. What is described as "the first of the thirty-nine articles in the Anglican creed" in Chapter 13?

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