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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. In Chapter 49, when does Harry say that Rakel was killed?

2. What color sweater does Harry see at Ringdal's house that has blood on it?

3. In the past three weeks in Chapter 44, how many times has Alexandra called Harry?

4. Where does Harry meet Alexandra in Chapter 34?

5. What does Harry buy before he drives north in Chapter 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Kaja find in an old case that relates to Bohr?

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

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

4. How does Harry get back to Oslo in Chapter 48?

5. How and why did Bohr kill Waage?

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

7. Why does Sung-min realize that Winter takes him off the Harry Hole case?

8. Who does Krohn contact to help him with Finne's threat of blackmail?

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

10. When did Bjorn suspect that Gert was not his child, and how did he determine definitively that the boy was not his?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sung-min Larsen is an ambitious young detective. How would you describe Sung-min’s character and the type of person Nesbo portrays him to be?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Knife to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 3

A surgeon contacts Katrine regarding Finne. Why does a surgeon contact Katrine regarding Finne? Why does the surgeon contact her even though he may be violating the Hippocratic Oath?

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