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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 type of sunglasses is Kasko wearing when Harry takes them?

2. In Chapter 34, what time does Harry remember walking into Jealousy on the night of Rakel's murder?

3. How long after Gert's christening did Bjorn learn from a DNA test that he was not Gert's father?

4. What nationality was the woman Anton started seeing after he broke it off with Kaja?

5. What does Harry find at Ringdal's house that belonged to Rakel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How and why did Bohr kill Waage?

4. What information does Kaja find about Peter Ringdal?

5. What photographs does Bohr have on the walls of his cabin?

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

7. What happens when Harry swerves at the last minute when he decides not to run into a truck?

8. How does Kaja tell Erland Madsen she killed someone?

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

10. Why does Bohr feel responsible for his sister being raped?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grief is a feeling of loss, usually because of the death of a loved one. How do Harry and Oleg deal with the grief they feel after Rakel dies? How do they handle their grief differently? What is revealed about coping with grief and how it is an individual process through the way the men deal with their grief?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Nesbo uses in the novel? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events, or concepts?

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