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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have been burned in the courtyard of the refugee camp?

2. Who does the reporter say no one cares about in Sweden anymore?

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

4. What kind of vegetable has been used to insult the refugee?

5. What does Wallander remember his father smelling like?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is Wallander's father strange?

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

3. How does Wallender injure himself in this chapter?

4. How does the bank manager annoy Wallander in this chapter?

5. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

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

7. What orders does Wallander give his men in this chapter?

8. What problems does Wallnder have with the media knowing the police are looking for foreign killers?

9. Why does Wallander want to keep the information about the killers being foreign out of the media?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Wallander's flaws? Why has Mankell decided to make Wallander such a flawed person? What difference would it make to the story if he was not so flawed?

Essay Topic 2

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

What makes Wallander such a good detective? What similarities does he share with other fictional detectives? How is he unique from other fictional detectives?

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