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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much money does Allan give the bus driver in Chapter 2?
2. Who is the Tsar that Allan's father describes in Chapter 4?
3. To where did the Swedish consulate in Petrograd send a telegram to inform Allan's mother of his father's death?
4. Where is Allan working in the beginnning of Chapter 11?
5. In what year is Chapter 8 set?
Short Essay Questions
1. What central character is introduced in Chapter 1? What is he doing when the narrative begins?
2. What antagonistic characters are introduced in Chapter 6?
3. What is illustrated through Allan's meeting with General Franco in Chapter 7?
4. How does Allan meet General Franco in Chapter 7? How does this meeting benefit Allan?
5. What character is introduced at a press meeting in Chapter 5? How is the media depicted?
6. Why does Allan enlist Father Ferguson in his escape in Chapter 13?
7. What is illustrated through Allan's encounter meeting Julius in Chapter 3?
8. How does the author employ black comedy in describing Bucket's death?
9. What happens to the suitcase in Chapter 2? How would you explain the motivation for this action?
10. How does the narrator describe Bolt's character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Allan's relationship with President Harry Truman. Where do Allan and Truman meet? What mission does Truman solicit Allan to embark on? How does Allan perform in this mission?
Essay Topic 2
How are the news media portrayed in The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared? What drives the stories about Allan's disappearance? How is Allan characterized by the media?
Essay Topic 3
Why is Allan held prisoner by the Shah of Iran in 1947? Whom does Allan befriend during his captivity in Iran? How does Allan eventually escape? Where does he go next?
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