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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 does Harry buy before he drives north in Chapter 39?

2. In Chapter 37, how old was Ringdal when he was a junior in judo?

3. What line from a song does Harry hear on the radio right before he is about the hit a truck?

4. IIn Chapter 37, where was the Norwegian Judo Championship held?

5. How many times was Hala stabbed before she died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What image does Harry find in a secret office in Ringdal's house?

2. How and why did Bohr kill Waage?

3. Why does Harry say that the killer murdered Rakel around 20:15?

4. How did Harry survive the plunge over the falls and get out of the car?

5. How did Ringdal kill the girl in the photograph he keeps by his computer?

6. In Chapter 39, how does Harry decide to kill himself?

7. In Chapter 43, where does Finne confront Dagny?

8. What does Sung-min think of Winter, his boss at Krispos?

9. How does Ringdal explain his fingerprints on a blue glass in Rakel's dishwasher and her scarf in a dresser in his hall?

10. When Oystein gets Ringdal's house keys for Harry, how does he get them back to Ringdal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dramatic irony creates suspense between what readers know and what characters do not know. How does Nesbo use dramatic irony in the scene where Harry and Oleg are fishing in Chapter 52?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Knife? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Characters like Harry and Jorn Glenne believe that Roar Bohr is a killer. Is Bohr a killer? Why does it appear that he is a killer?

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