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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. With whom does Wallander have dinner in this chapter?

2. What does Wallander say is on the increase in Sweden?

3. What is Bjork's position at the police station?

4. Where does Wallander take a two hour nap?

5. Where does Margareta work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the police find out about Erik?

2. How does the Iranian witness help the police?

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

4. What are the doorman's views on the case?

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

6. Why is Bjork angry about the car crash?

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

8. How does the author describe Rune Bergman?

9. What new information do the police find out about Lovgren in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Anette connected with the case? What role does the author suggest she will play in the book in the future? Why is this role important to the book's meaning?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In what way is the Somalian's death significant to the story and its themes? How does the Somalian's death lead Wallander to solve Johannes' murder?

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