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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. Where does Allan say Benny drove him and Julius after they met when talking to Prosecutor Ranelid in Chapter 25?

2. What alias is Allan given when he is installed at the Embassy in Moscow in Chapter 26?

3. Where does the chauffeur drive Allan to meet his potential employer in Chapter 16?

4. In what year does the narrator describe the Balinese volcano eruption in Chapter 23?

5. What is the name of the 3,000 meter-high volcano that erupts while Allan is in Bali?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Agent Hutton address President Johnson's reservations in Chapter 23?

3. What is significant about the explosion in Chapter 28?

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

5. What makes Allan agree to cooperate with the government agent in the Epilogue?

6. How have the mood and tone of the narrative changed in Chapter 19?

7. What is indicated through Allan's meeting with President Nixon in Chapter 26?

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

9. How is Allan's life echoed through the actions in the Epilogue?

10. How do the themes of fate and chance apply to Allan and the main characters in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character called "the Beauty" in the novel. How old is this character? How does Allen come to meet her? What role does she play in Allan's adventure?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss some of the absurdist, surrealist, and black comedy aspects in The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. How do these larger-than-life twists work as literature, and what type of comedy are they utilizing to draw in the reader? How does the author employ irony to comedic affect in the novel?

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