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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. Why is Estelle's husband not at the apartment when the bank robber arrived?

2. What are the only birds that the narrator thinks you should throw stones at?

3. What is Roger wearing during the apartment showing?

4. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 3?

5. What covers the fridge during the apartment showing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roger say about missing measurements, and how does he know there are missing measurements?

2. What did Jim trip over in the apartment building that he thought was a bomb?

3. Who is Estelle and why is her husband not with her at the apartment showing?

4. What does Anna-Lena do after the man with the rabbit head is revealed?

5. Why is the man in the rabbit head in the bathroom?

6. Why did Jim's wife not want him and their son to work together?

7. What happened after the hostages left the apartment?

8. What type of excuses might an addict's child come up with as excuses for their parent?

9. What did Jack do when he was the first police officer into the apartment where the bank robber held people hostage?

10. What is the name of the real estate agent's agency, and why does it have that name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

Events and characters cause a chain reaction in the story. What incident causes a chain reaction to occur in the story? How does the chain reaction influence characters' actions?

Essay Topic 3

Humor is a literary device that makes readers laugh. How does Backman use humor in the book? How does it help break up the tension in various scenes?

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