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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. Who does Margareta deny knowing?

2. What do the police find in the glove compartment of the Citroen?

3. From what country is Linda's boyfriend?

4. What is the nationality of the refugee someone has shot?

5. Who does Erik say is his real father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What description does Wallander get of the suspect?

2. What does Ellen admit about Johannes in chapter fourteen?

3. What bad news does Wallander receive at the end of the chapter?

4. How does this chapter show Wallander is unable to deal with the issues in his life?

5. What does Wallander witness at the building covered in scaffolding?

6. How does the Iranian witness help the police?

7. Describe Wallander's time with Linda in this chapter?

8. What do the police find in Nils' apartment?

9. What is Wallander's opinion on social workers?

10. What happens to Wallander's father in this chapter?

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

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

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

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