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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 Bjork's position at the police station?

2. What is the former job of the person who has reported his Citroen stolen?

3. What kind of gun does Bergman own?

4. In this chapter, Strom crash into what?

5. Where does Margareta work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the author describe Rune Bergman?

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

6. How does the Iranian witness help the police?

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

8. What problems is the murder creating in Sweden?

9. How does Hannson think the Somalian died?

10. What description does Wallander get of the suspect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

What problems do the Swedish media cause for the police force? What does this say about the responsibility the media has towards society?

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