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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the mayor send his staff to look for Allan in Chapter 3?
(a) To the cemetery and the laundromat.
(b) To the park and the liquor store.
(c) To the church and the funeral home.
(d) To the library and the radio station.

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

3. How old is Allan when his mother dies?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the motorcycle club that Bucket started when he began his criminal career?

2. Who is described as "the upstart clown who had taken over" after the Tsar's deposal in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Prosecutor Conny Ranelid tell Chief Inspector Aronsson to get a hotel room in Chapter 14?

4. Where was Reverend Ferguson born, raised, and educated?

5. Where is Allan working in the beginnning of Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where was Allan Karlsson born? How is his childhood described?

2. How does the author employ black comedy in describing Bucket's death?

3. What character is introduced at a press meeting in Chapter 5? How is the media depicted?

4. What is significant about Father Ferguson's death in the narrative?

5. How would you compare the characters in the contemporary timeline to those in the historical timelines in the novel?

6. What is illustrated through Allan's encounter with Father Ferguson in Chapter 13?

7. What is notable about the first and last chapters of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared?

8. What happens to the suitcase in Chapter 2? How would you explain the motivation for this action?

9. What is ironic about Allan's meeting with world leaders throughout the narrative?

10. How would you describe Allan's political ideologies in the novel? What influenced these ideologies?

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