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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wallander think shines in the old man's eyes?
(a) Peace.
(b) Horror.
(c) Death.
(d) Love.

2. What does the young girl say she can hear in Wallander's voice?
(a) That he is a policeman.
(b) That he is unhappy.
(c) That he is divorced.
(d) That he recognizes her.

3. What does Widen say he doesn't read?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Form guides.
(c) Novels.
(d) Magazines.

4. What kind of bird did Wallander's father sometimes add to the same painting?
(a) A hawk.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A grouse.
(d) A buzzard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Wallander order his officers to interview?

2. How does Wallander break into the refugee camp?

3. What kind of animal does Wallander run over on his way back to Ystad?

4. Who does the man ring first?

5. What does the man say stands still in the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bad news does Wallander receive when he gets home?

2. What kind of relationship does Wallander have with his daughter Linda?

3. In what way is Kurt Wallender's life currently a mess?

4. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

5. What do the old man and his wife see when they enter the Lovgren's house?

6. Why does the old man wake up?

7. What information does Wallander get from the Nystroms in this chapter?

8. What does the bank teller inform Wallander about Johannes?

9. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

10. What does the reader find out about refugees in Sweden in this chapter?

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