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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. What does Jack tell the negotiator that a woman is doing on the balcony in Chapter 52?

2. How wide does the man who takes the pizzas open the door when Jim arrives?

3. In Chapter 65, what is the subject of a joke Jim says his wife used to like that he tells the bank robber?

4. What does Jack find in the refrigerator in Chapter 44?

5. Who is the only person who will not accept a hug from Estelle in Chapter 68?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim suggest that the bank robber do?

2. During Lennart's interview, what does Jack say about marriage?

3. How does the bank robber get the key to the other apartment?

4. Where does the bank robber live after the hostage situation?

5. How do the police get the pizzas to the hostages?

6. What does the narrator say is the truth at the end of the book?

7. What does Jack do when he learns that his father let the bank robber escape?

8. How do Jack and Jim discover that the bank robber did not shoot themselves?

9. Why does Estelle tell people that Knut is parking the car?

10. What personal question does the negotiator from Stockholm ask Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

The bank robber’s husband has an affair. What does the narrator think happened to the bank robber’s marriage? Why does the narrator think complacency played a part in the failure of the marriage?

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