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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paulsson arrest Blomkvist for in Chapter 1?
(a) Resisting arrest.
(b) Insulting an officer.
(c) Being in possession of an illegal weapon.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

2. How does Edklinth react to hearing Salander's story from Armansky?
(a) He thinks there are some sacrifices one has to make to be safe.
(b) He simply doesn't believe Armansky.
(c) He acts appalled but actually knows all about it already.
(d) He is appalled.

3. How old is Evert Gullberg when he is first introduced in the novel in Chapter 5?
(a) 18.
(b) 48.
(c) 28.
(d) 78.

4. Who threatens to go to the police in Chapter 11 if Salander is made a scapegoat again?
(a) Modig.
(b) Blomkvist.
(c) Bublanski.
(d) Dr. Jonasson.

5. Where did the Section get most of its information about Salander?
(a) Her father, Zalachenko.
(b) Blomkvist.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her twin sister, Camilla.

6. How does the outgoing chief of SMP die?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He peacefully dies in his sleep.
(d) Of a heart attack.

7. Why is Blomkvist unable to get any information about Salander's condition in Chapter 5?
(a) Because Salander asked that no one be given updates.
(b) Because Salander asked that Blomkvist not be given updates.
(c) Because the hospital refuses to give it out.
(d) Because Salander is dead but no one is supposed to know.

8. What is Zalachenko's real name?
(a) Alexander Dimitrov.
(b) Zalachenko Levin.
(c) Karl Axel Bodin.
(d) Karl Bodin Zalachenkov.

9. Who is Daniel Olsson?
(a) Blomkvist's old college roommate.
(b) Salander's current boyfriend.
(c) Salander's old boyfriend.
(d) A freelance journalist in Goteborg.

10. In Chapter 5, who tells Blomkvist that Salander's condition is stable?
(a) Erlander.
(b) Salander herself; she sends him a text message.
(c) A spy.
(d) Annika.

11. When does Blomkvist decide would be the best time to publish Svensson's work?
(a) Right when Salander's trial begins.
(b) As soon as humanly possible.
(c) Only after Salander's trial concludes.
(d) Exactly one year after his death.

12. Who is Idris Ghidi?
(a) A Pakistani immigrant who has been friends with Salander for many years.
(b) An Indian immigrant who is involved with the sex trafficking story.
(c) An Iraqi immigrant who works at the hospital where Salander is being kept.
(d) A Kuwaiti immigrant who is an intern at Millennium.

13. What do Berger and Blomkvist joke they will have to do in order to see each other in Chapter 5?
(a) Move-in together.
(b) Stop trying to avoid each other so much.
(c) Finally get married.
(d) Begin making appointments with each other.

14. What is Erika Berger's first job when the novel opens?
(a) She is Editor-in-Chief of Millennium magazine.
(b) She is a TV news reporter.
(c) She is a famous artist.
(d) She is a housewife.

15. What does Zalachenko do when he sneaks into Salander's room in Chapter 7?
(a) Leaves a note so she knows he was there.
(b) Watches her and then leaves.
(c) Tries to attack her.
(d) Whispers threatening things in her ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gullberg's official assignment when he arrives at the hospital in Chapter 7?

2. What kind of incredibly vulgar communication does Berger receive in Chapter 12?

3. What is the only thing Zalachenko wants to discuss when the police come to question him for the first time?

4. Whom does Jonas Sandberg work for?

5. Who shoots Gullberg in the hospital?

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