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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 kind of bird did Wallander's father sometimes add to the same painting?

2. What is the name of the deputy prosecutor?

3. How does the author describe the young girl's movements?

4. Who does Wallander say can't feed horses?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Borman agree to help Wallander?

4. How did Wallander save his daughter's life?

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

6. Why does the old man wake up?

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

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

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

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 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 2

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 3

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

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