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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 playing on the radio when Bjorn drives away in Chapter 49?

2. When did Ringdal's second ex-wife go missing?

3. What does Harry find between two of his record albums?

4. At the end of Chapter 41, from whom does Katrine have a text she ignores?

5. Who does Roar Bohr tell Erland Madsen was his first kill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Harry do after he thinks he should commit suicide?

3. In Chapter 48, how does Harry get money to use a pay phone when he gets to Oslo?

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

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

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

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

8. How does Ringdal avoid charges for driving under the influence after hitting and killing a girl?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Kaja believes Harry is suffering from PTSD. Why does Kaja believe Harry is struggling with PTSD?

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