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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. In what year was Allan presumably sterilized?

2. In what year does Chapter 18 begin?

3. In what secret city did the Soviets develop their atomic bomb program?

4. How does the man in the suit describe his country's president in the Epilogue?

5. Who is the American president that appears at the luncheon in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What government agent comes to meet with Allan in the Epilogue? Why is this significant?

2. What is Prosecutor Ranelid's main objective in coming to Bellringer Farm in Chapter 25?

3. Would you consider the revelations in Chapter 22 to be realistic? Why or why not?

4. How is the setting described in Chapter 28? How does the setting evolve?

5. What are Chief Inspector Aronsson's impressions of Allan and his friends when he meets them in Chapter 21?

6. How are the major conflicts of the novel resolved in Chapter 22?

7. Why does Allan's meeting with Joseph Stalin end badly? What are the repercussions of the meeting?

8. How are Allan's years in Bali described in Chapter 20?

9. What motif appears in Chapter 16? How does this motif reflect upon Allan's character?

10. Why does Chief Inspector Aronsson decide to join Allan and his friends in the end of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Allan's encounter with Winston Churchill in the narrative. How does Allan "save" Churchill? Is the author's depiction of Churchill realistic and/or historically accurate? How does Churchill regard Allan?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters of Herbert and Amanda Einstein in the narrative. Where do Herbert and Amanda meet? What career does Amanda pursue after their marriage? How does Allan regard Amanda?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Julius Jonsson in the novel. Where does Allan meet Julius? What leads to the friendship between these characters? Why does Julius become involved in Allan's adventure?

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