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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. Who is waiting for Wallander in the canteen?

2. What does the immigration Service director accuse the police of practicing?

3. What does the radio say has crashed?

4. With what does the girl ask Wallander to help her?

5. What does Johannes have in the safe security box?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wallander's father say about Linda?

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

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

5. Describe Wallander's phone call with Mona.

6. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

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

8. What does Wallender find out about Johannes in this chapter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following people and examine how they prove invaluable in helping Wallander solve the case.

1. Rydberg.

2. Boden.

3. Bjork.

Essay Topic 2

In what way is the Somalian's death significant to the story and its themes? How does the Somalian's death lead Wallander to solve Johannes' murder?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different subplots in the story? How do they link to the main plot? Why is it important subplots have something in common with the main story? What is an example of a bad subplot?

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