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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 63, what does Jim remember his wife being made that he bought without consulting her first?
(a) Car.
(b) Dining room table.
(c) Bed.
(d) Sofa.

2. What does Julia do for a living?
(a) Grocery store manager.
(b) Professor.
(c) Florist.
(d) Teacher.

3. Who is the only person who will not accept a hug from Estelle in Chapter 68?
(a) The real estate agent.
(b) Roger.
(c) Zara.
(d) Lennart.

4. Who found the phone that was in the pizza boxes?
(a) Lennart.
(b) Ro.
(c) Julia.
(d) Zara.

5. In Chapter 53, who asks Zara if she smokes?
(a) Lennart.
(b) Roger.
(c) Ro.
(d) Julia.

6. When does Estelle say that she stopped watching fireworks from the balcony?
(a) 7 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 11 years ago.
(d) 5 years ago.

7. In Chapter 65, what is the subject of a joke Jim says his wife used to like that he tells the bank robber?
(a) Little girl.
(b) Crying baby.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Tiger.

8. What does Jim remember that his wife used to put on her breakfast cereal?
(a) Catsup.
(b) Butter.
(c) Garlic flakes.
(d) Onion flakes.

9. Who talks to the police about getting pizza for the hostages?
(a) Julia.
(b) Lennart.
(c) Roger.
(d) Anna-Lena.

10. What does Jim remember that his wife used to pour in his pillowcase as he was about to go to bed?
(a) Potato flakes.
(b) Flour.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sugar.

11. What did Anna-Lena do before she retired?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Senior analyst.
(d) Marketing director.

12. Before the hostages leave, who puts the leftover pizza in the fridge?
(a) Julia.
(b) Ro.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Anna-Lena.

13. What do Jack and Jim find at the back of the walk-in closet in the apartment in Chapter 42?
(a) Old toys.
(b) Rags.
(c) Old books.
(d) Empty wine bottles.

14. Who does the bank robber tell Jim would like fireworks before the hostages are released?
(a) Julia.
(b) Ro.
(c) Estelle.
(d) Zara.

15. How long does the negotiator say in Chapter 52 that he had to talk to a captor after he let the hostages go?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Jack and Jim get a phone into the apartment?

2. According to Zara, when did the city of Hanoi try to fight off a plague of rats by offering a reward for rats killed?

3. What does the narrator say about Jim's ability to tell stories?

4. Who stole the chldren's drawing from the interview room when Jim was getting coffee?

5. What does the psychologist tell Zara she thinks is wrong with her in Chapter 51?

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