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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallander deny to the press that they are seeking?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Finns.
(c) Women.
(d) Swedes.

2. What still burns inside Wallander?
(a) His wife's departure.
(b) His desire to be in the police force.
(c) His daughter's death.
(d) His father's death.

3. What does Rydberg suffer from?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Diabetes.

4. What does Wallander ask Hansson to give him?
(a) The forensic report.
(b) The murder scene photographs.
(c) The press release copies.
(d) The latest betting tips.

5. Which artist was Wallander listening to the night before?
(a) Tom Waits.
(b) Serge Gainsbourg.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Maria Callas.

6. Who does Wallander order his officers to interview?
(a) Hanna.
(b) Herdin.
(c) Maria.
(d) Boden.

7. What item of Wallander's clothing catches on fire in this chapter?
(a) His trousers.
(b) His hair.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His socks.

8. What did the criminals give the horse to eat?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Bacon.
(c) Hay.
(d) Oats.

9. How does Wallander break into the refugee camp?
(a) Kicks down a door.
(b) Goes through the chimney.
(c) Breaks a window.
(d) Goes up the fire escape.

10. Who calls Wallander when he returns to his office?
(a) His son.
(b) The hospital.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His wife.

11. What does Wallander remember his father smelling like?
(a) Turpentine.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Petrol.
(d) Fish.

12. To What is Maria tied?
(a) A chair.
(b) A cooker.
(c) A wooden beam.
(d) A heater.

13. What does Rydberg tell Wallander to take off?
(a) His hat.
(b) His overcoat.
(c) His gloves.
(d) His scarf.

14. What is Ebba's role at the police station?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Telephone operator.
(c) Cleaner.
(d) PR agent.

15. What word does Rydberg say he heard the old lady say?
(a) Animal.
(b) Rosebud.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Flimsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wallander have to write at the beginning of chapter three?

2. What does Nystrom say an empty stable is like to a diary farmer?

3. What does Hansson have strewn all over his desk?

4. Wallander wants his officers to find more background on whom?

5. What is the name of the police captain?

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