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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 Wallander get authorization to do?

2. What does Widen say he doesn't read?

3. What hides Johannes' body?

4. Who does Widen say seldom get fat?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the old man wake up?

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

3. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

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

5. How has Sten changed?

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

7. What does the forensic report show about Johannes?

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

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

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

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 does the book highlight about Swedish society? How does the author use genre conventions of a detective story to highlight these problems?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways could Wallander be called a flawed character? Why is it important to the story and the series in general that Wallander is so imperfect?

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