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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the only part of Johannes that the man can see?
(a) His leg.
(b) His head.
(c) His arm.
(d) His foot.

3. What does Widen pull out of his desk drawer?
(a) A gun.
(b) A bottle of brandy.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) A portfolio.

4. Who does Wallander want Borman to help him find?
(a) Johannes' daughter.
(b) Johannes' mistress.
(c) Herdin.
(d) Linda.

5. With what does the girl ask Wallander to help her?
(a) Food.
(b) A ladder.
(c) The coffee.
(d) Some bricks.

6. What does Wallander find out about the immigration service in this chapter?
(a) They keep bad records.
(b) They keep the refugees locked up.
(c) They have no qualifications.
(d) They let people go illegally.

7. What does the man say stands still in the village?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) History.
(d) Opinions.

8. What does the radio say has crashed?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A tank.
(c) A government car.
(d) A bus.

9. What did Wallander initially think the rolled up mattress was?
(a) A pile of books.
(b) A person.
(c) A dog.
(d) A sack of money.

10. What does Wallander do when he passes the old prison?
(a) He brakes.
(b) He accelerates.
(c) He turns left.
(d) He turns around.

11. How does Wallander insult his officers in this chapter?
(a) He swears at them.
(b) He tells them they are not doing their jobs.
(c) He accuses one of them of being an informant.
(d) He talks to them like children.

12. What race of people does Martinsson think committed the murders?
(a) Latvians.
(b) Russian.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Polish.

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

14. What animal does the man say he usually dreams about?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Goats.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Bulls.

15. Where does the man get his crowbar?
(a) The tool shed.
(b) The storeroom.
(c) The closet.
(d) The stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wallander say can't feed horses?

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

3. What does Wallander buy for himself in this chapter?

4. What does Widen say 15 of his horses need?

5. What does Wallander think shines in the old man's eyes?

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