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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 long had Zara been going to apartment viewings?

2. Who was in the stairway behind the bank robber when he burst into the apartment?

3. How many questions did the psychologist recommend that Zara ask herself before she flared up?

4. In Chapter 3, how old does the policeman look?

5. How old was the bank robber when his mother took the money he gave her for food and bought alchohol?

Short Essay Questions

1. What nicknames does the bank robber and the bank robber's daughters use for one another?

2. What happened when the bank robber gave up?

3. Who comes out of the bathroom in Chapter 36?

4. What happened when Jack saw a girl at the bridge prepared to commit suicide a week after a man jumped from the bridge?

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

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

7. What are trips to school like for the bank robber's daughters?

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

9. What happened when a teenage boy saw a man on a bridge ten years ago?

10. How did the narrator describe Zara in Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

Analogies are used to compare an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar. How does the author use analogies in the book? How do analogies help readers understand unfamiliar ideas or understand events or characters?

Essay Topic 3

Jim decides to help the bank robber escape. Why does Jim decide to help the bank robber escape? What role does empathy play in his decision? Is his decision right according to the law?

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