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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 does Widen say he doesn't read?

2. Which artist was Wallander listening to the night before?

3. What does Wallander know are difficult to solve?

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

5. What does the radio say has crashed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

8. How do Wallander and Sten know each other?

9. What does the old man see from his bedroom window?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Wallander's father's painting the same scene over and over again? How does it link to the main themes in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What problems do the Swedish media cause for the police force? What does this say about the responsibility the media has towards society?

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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