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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the "loony bin" located that the police call to pick up Allan in Chapter 7?
(a) Malmköping.
(b) Strängnäs.
(c) Yxhult.
(d) Uppsala.

2. What does General Franco serve to Allan after he has saved him from the bridge explosion in Chapter 7?
(a) Omelets.
(b) Steak.
(c) Paella.
(d) Potato soup.

3. What is the destination for the next bus leaving the station when Allan arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) Strängnäs.
(b) Malmköping.
(c) Flen.
(d) Braås.

4. What does Esteban want to leave by the foundry owner's gate as he and Allan leave Sweden in Chapter 7?
(a) A vase of flowers.
(b) Excrement.
(c) A suitcase of money.
(d) A pony.

5. Where has the centarian been reportedly seen outside of a health clinic in Chapter 10?
(a) Yxhult.
(b) Hälleforsnäs.
(c) Småland.
(d) Braås.

6. Who is killed by the test explosives in Allan's gravel pit by accidentally driving his car there?
(a) Benny.
(b) Bolt.
(c) Gustavsson.
(d) Algotsson.

7. What item of evidence have the investigators discovered where Bucket was killed in Chapter 14?
(a) Bucket's revolver.
(b) Bucket's body.
(c) Bucket's pill bottle.
(d) Bucket's knife.

8. What celebration is set to take place on the day that Allan escapes the nursing home?
(a) An Easter brunch.
(b) A New Year's Eve party.
(c) A Christmas party.
(d) Allan's birthday party.

9. For what company does Allan work as an errand boy when he is ten years old?
(a) The KGB.
(b) The CIA.
(c) Nitroglycerine Ltd.
(d) Johnson & Johnson.

10. What is the name of the company that Allan establishes after his mother's death?
(a) The Aronsson Chemical Company.
(b) The Retrograde Atomic Company.
(c) The Karlsson Dynamite Company.
(d) The TNT Demolition Comapny.

11. In the beginning of Chapter 10, Bucket has been sitting outside of a supermarket in what town for four days?
(a) Hälleforsnäs.
(b) Rottne.
(c) Uppsala.
(d) Yxhult.

12. How much money does Mr. Wholesale Merchant Gustavsson give to Allan's mother for the Easter Egg in Chapter 4?
(a) 5 crowns.
(b) 24 crowns.
(c) 18 crowns.
(d) 12 crowns.

13. Why does Allan's father develop an affinity for the Tsar in Chapter 4?
(a) Because of his ties to socialism.
(b) Because of his ties to communism.
(c) Because of all the bad luck he's suffered.
(d) Because of his ties to the United States.

14. Who is the Tsar that Allan's father describes in Chapter 4?
(a) Nicholas IV.
(b) Nicholas III.
(c) Nicholas II.
(d) Nicholas I.

15. In what town is Allan's nursing home located?
(a) Braås.
(b) Strängnäs.
(c) Malmköping.
(d) Uppsala.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over whose inheritance money did Benny and Bosse have a falling out?

2. How old is Allan when his father's bed is moved into the wood-shed?

3. Where does the bus driver intend to drop off Allan after he's paid his fare in Chapter 2?

4. What is the first town that Allan encounters after he's been freed from jail for blowing up his cabin in Chapter 7?

5. What news has Harry S. Truman just received in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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