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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many languages did 11-year-old Claude Pennant speak when his family arrived in the Soviet Union?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. In what field of study does Herbert's wife get a degree in Chapter 20?
(a) History.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Theater.
(d) Economics.

3. 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.

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

5. How old is Allan when he decides to buy a car in Chapter 28?
(a) 91.
(b) 89.
(c) 83.
(d) 76.

6. Who is described as "the unfortunate man in charge of the car crushing machine at the scrap yard in the southern suburbs of Riga" in Chapter 22?
(a) Herbert Einstein.
(b) Arnis Ikstens.
(c) Superintendent Krook.
(d) Julius Jonsson.

7. How far from the main road is Bellringer Farm described in Chapter 19?
(a) 50 meters.
(b) 100 meters.
(c) 20 kilometers.
(d) 200 meters.

8. In what secret city did the Soviets develop their atomic bomb program?
(a) Sarov.
(b) Omsk.
(c) Samara.
(d) Novosibirsk.

9. Whom is Allan taken to meet at the Kremilin in Chapter 16?
(a) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Marshal Beria.
(d) President Nixon.

10. Where did Jonas Jonasson study language?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) The University of Gothenburg.

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

12. During what years is Chapter 20 set?
(a) 1949-1950.
(b) 1953-1968.
(c) 1970-1971.
(d) 1962-1964.

13. Who was the leader of North Korea when the Korean War broke out?
(a) Kim Il Sung.
(b) Kim Tu-bong.
(c) Kim Jong-un.
(d) Kim Jong-il.

14. In what year is Chapter 23 set?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1967.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the narrator describe the Balinese volcano eruption in Chapter 23?

2. What is Ni Wayan Laksmi's name changed to after she marries Herbert?

3. Where does Yury go to dinner with his wife and Allan in Chapter 26?

4. When did Claude Pennant's parents go to Spain to fight the fascists?

5. Where does the chauffeur drive Allan to meet his potential employer in Chapter 16?

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