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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 is Wallander shocked to see on Ellen's wall?

2. What does the Romanian say the man in the fields was wearing?

3. What does Nils smuggle from Thailand?

4. What is the nationality of the first witness?

5. What does Wallander want to know about Johannes in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Wallander's meeting with Anette?

2. What happens at the dinner between Anette and Wallander?

3. How does the Iranian witness help the police?

4. What two messages does Wallander receive when he walks into his office on July 9th?

5. How does Strom die?

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

7. How does the Malawian witness waste police time?

8. Where does Wallander find Boden?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

What are Wallander's flaws? Why has Mankell decided to make Wallander such a flawed person? What difference would it make to the story if he was not so flawed?

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