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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name does the friendly man introduce himself once he and Allan are on the submarine in Chapter 16?
(a) Superintendent Krook.
(b) Yury Borisovich Popov.
(c) Chief Inspector Aronsson.
(d) Professor Bernhard Lundborg.

2. What alias is Allan given when he is installed at the Embassy in Moscow in Chapter 26?
(a) Benny Ljungberg.
(b) Henning Algotsson.
(c) Allen Carson.
(d) Julius Jonsson.

3. Who provides Allan and Herbert with false passports in Chapter 20?
(a) Henning Algotsson.
(b) Professor Bernhard Lundborg.
(c) Superintendent Krook.
(d) Mao Tse-tung.

4. What does Amanda begin writing after Allan gives her a computer?
(a) A blog.
(b) An encyclopedia.
(c) A religious journal.
(d) A novel.

5. What two cities in Japan did the United States hit with atomic bombs during WWII?
(a) Osaka and Sapporo.
(b) Tokyo and Nagasaki.
(c) Tokyo and Hiroshima.
(d) Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

6. Where does Allan live with Amanda in the Epilogue?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Venice.
(d) Bali.

7. What is the title of the book that Prosecutor Ranelid considers writing about Allan's case in Chapter 19?
(a) The Falling Leaves of Justice.
(b) The Blizzard of Justice.
(c) The Great Victory of Justice.
(d) The Hunt for the 100-Year-Old Man.

8. What world leader does Allan describe as being "as crazy as they come" in the Epilogue?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Stalin.

9. What does the word "kodok" translate to from Balinese?
(a) Frog.
(b) Lion.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Squirrel.

10. What is the second of the two things that Allan claims to be able to do well in the Epilogue?
(a) Running from the law.
(b) Writing poetry.
(c) Put together an atomic bomb.
(d) Stealing money.

11. What is the name of Yury Borisovich Popov’s wife that attends the opera with him in Chapter 26?
(a) Larissa Aleksandrevna Popova.
(b) Lina Stern.
(c) Ida Rosenthal.
(d) Vera Gedroitz.

12. Who is the new ambassador at the Indonesian Embassy in Paris in Chapter 23?
(a) Amanda Einstein.
(b) Gunilla Bjorklund.
(c) Julius Jonsson.
(d) Benny Ljungberg.

13. Who is the composer of the aria "Nessun Dorma" from the opera Turandot?
(a) Mozart.
(b) Verdi.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Puccini.

14. Who is the American president that appears at the luncheon in Chapter 23?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

15. How much money has the sailor been paid for dumping Bucket's remains in Chapter 22?
(a) 50 crowns.
(b) 1,000 crowns.
(c) 800 crowns.
(d) 300 crowns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Allan after he's spent fifteen years in Bali in Chapter 20?

2. In what year is Chapter 23 set?

3. Where is the sailor from that dumps Bucket's remains in Chapter 22?

4. Why has Allan exploded his cottage in the end of the novel?

5. How old is Allan when he returns to Sweden and buys a cottage in Chapter 28?

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