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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 item of Wallander's clothing catches on fire in this chapter?

2. What is the only part of Johannes that the man can see?

3. What is the name of Wallander's home town?

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

5. What does Wallander deny to the press that they are seeking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wallender injure himself in this chapter?

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

3. In what way is Wallander's father strange?

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

5. What information does Wallander get from the Nystroms in this chapter?

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

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

8. How do Wallander and Sten know each other?

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

10. Why does Wallander have problems with Hansson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following people and examine how they prove invaluable in helping Wallander solve the case.

1. Rydberg.

2. Boden.

3. Bjork.

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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