View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bublanski's religious background?

2. How old are the policeman who come to Balder's house in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 8 in Lorna Selfe's book, at what age did an autistic child begin drawing horses?

4. In Chapter 4, what tattoo does does Blomkvist remember that Lisbeth Salander has on her back?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Balder set out for August to draw?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what problems are present at the Millennium?

2. In Chapter 3, who is Edwin Needham?

3. In Chapter 14, what does Levin read about himself, and how does what he reads make him feel?

4. At the end of Chapter 8, why is Grane frustrated when she calls the duty officer for Sapo's Personal Protection Unit?

5. In Chapter 9, who was Salander's father and how did that affect her life?

6. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Berger say they need to do to save the Millenium?

7. What is the National Security Agency?

8. What does Bublanski think about his present life and the future in Chapter 12?

9. How does Salander communicate with Blomkvist in Chapter 5?

10. What does Blomkvist see when he is inside Balder's house in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Holtser does not kill August when he first has the opportunity, and later he regrets that he is being forced to kill the boy. What does the author communicate about a code of conduct through Holtser and his regrets?

Essay Topic 2

Balder is developing an artificial intelligence program. What are the dangers of the program? How might those dangers have influenced Balder’s decision to destroy his program?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Who is the girl mentioned in the title? How is she trapped? What does the title of the book symbolize?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 851 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample