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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. Where does Mona say she last saw Wallander?

2. What does Rydberg tell Wallander to take off?

3. What does Martinsson search to find on the computer?

4. Who does Wallander want Borman to help him find?

5. Wallander wants his officers to find more background on whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the forensic report show about Johannes?

4. Why does Wallander think the killers are foreign?

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

6. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

7. How does Borman agree to help Wallander?

8. How has Sten changed?

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

10. How do Wallander and Sten know each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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