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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 often does Jack tell his dad that he should take off his wedding ring?

2. Who does the bank robber text to say she is okay after the hostage situation ends?

3. In Chapter 41, who stands in front of the bank robber when the robber starts to go out of the apartment?

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

5. What did Julia's mother do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lennart go to the closet for some pants?

2. What does Lennart tell Zara about Anna-Lena and Roger's careers?

3. Why is Roger right when he says that the top floor of the building used to be one apartment?

4. In Chapter 48, why does Jack run into the police station?

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

6. What does Zara tell Nadia that she likes to do and why?

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

8. What does Ro request when Estelle offers to make some food?

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

10. How did Julia and Ro meet and start their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Roger and Anna-Lena have communication problems. How would you describe the relationship between Roger and Anna-Lena? How does communication cause problems in their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Anxious People, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

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