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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long has Reverend Ferguson been in Iran searching for lost souls when he meets Allan?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

5. How much money does Benny give to Bosse when they meet in Chapter 15?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $2 million.
(d) $1 million.

6. When does Chapter 14 begin?
(a) May 2, 1942.
(b) September 9, 1944.
(c) March 12, 2005.
(d) May 9, 2005.

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

8. Where does Prosecutor Conny Ranelid tell Chief Inspector Aronsson to get a hotel room in Chapter 14?
(a) Flen.
(b) Småland.
(c) Hälleforsnäs.
(d) Växjö.

9. What political party does Allan claim Glenn Miller was associated with in Chapter 13?
(a) Republicanism.
(b) Imperialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Nazism.

10. How many years has it been since Benny has seen his brother Bosse when they meet in Chapter 15?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

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

12. Who is the ill-tempered woman that heads the nursing home where Allan lives?
(a) Director Louise.
(b) Director Cleopatra.
(c) Director Anna.
(d) Director Alice.

13. What was the name of the motorcycle club that Bucket started when he began his criminal career?
(a) The Musicians.
(b) Never Again.
(c) The Violence.
(d) The Vitriols.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the chief of police in Tehran want Allan to kill in Chapter 13?

2. For what industry does Allan's father work when Allan is a child?

3. How is Bucket killed in the narrative?

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

5. Why does Allan's father develop an affinity for the Tsar in Chapter 4?

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