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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. Who arrests and questions Allan after he has blown up his childhood home in Chapter 7?
(a) Prosecutor Ranelid.
(b) Superintendent Krook.
(c) Chief Inspector Aronsson.
(d) Superintendent Aronsson.

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

3. What is the name of the police dog that accompanies Chief Inspector Aronsson in Chapter 8?
(a) Echo.
(b) Kicki.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Buster.

4. What is Allan Karlsson's middle name?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Emmanuel.
(c) Rockwell.
(d) King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes is Allan wearing when he escapes the nursing home?

2. What does General Franco serve to Allan after he has saved him from the bridge explosion in Chapter 7?

3. What does the narrator describe Allan hiding and the nursing home director repeatedly finding it in Chapter 2?

4. When does Chapter 14 begin?

5. Where has Chief Inspector Aronsson spent the past four days at a hotel in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Allan meet General Franco in Chapter 7? How does this meeting benefit Allan?

3. How does black comedy contribute to the tone and mood of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared?

4. For whom is Allan working in Chapter 11? Why does he change sides?

5. How do Allan and his friends attain safe refuge from their assailants in Chapter 15?

6. How are the major conflicts in Chapter 8 resolved?

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

8. What is ironic about the Boss's actions in Chapter 12?

9. How does the author employ black comedy in Chapter 5?

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

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