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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 animal does the man say he usually dreams about?

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

3. What does the young girl say she can hear in Wallander's voice?

4. What is the name of the deputy prosecutor?

5. What did Johannes do three days before his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Sten changed?

2. Describe the state of Johannes' body in this chapter?

3. Why does the old man wake up?

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

5. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

6. How do Wallander and Sten know each other?

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

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

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

10. Describe Wallander's phone call with Mona.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the clues that lead to Wallander solving the case? What mistakes does Wallander make on the way?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Swedes have such a strong sense of national identity? What problems can such nationalist feeling cause?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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