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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 6, how many cigarettes does Hanna Balder smoke a day?

2. Who is the head of Solifon?

3. What is August wearing when Blomkvist sees him in Chapter 10?

4. What is hit when Holtser shoots at Blomkvist in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 6, what is the name of Hanna Balder's agent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Linus Brandell learn that his computers have been hacked?

2. In Chapter 2, what is Balder's son August like?

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

4. Why does Holtser not kill August in Chapter 10?

5. How does August surprise Balder in Chapter 6?

6. In Chapter 4, what does Casales say about the hackers of the NSA?

7. How does Holtser kill Balder?

8. In Chapter 6, how does Balder feel about the man in August's drawing?

9. In Chapter 13, who is Andrei Zander, and what does Blomkvist think about him?

10. In Chapter 7, why did Ericka Berger feel that Levin was serious about helping the Millenium through Serner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The point of view in the novel is third person limited. How does the point of view that is used in the novel limit what readers know? How does the point of view affect what readers think of characters and events?

Essay Topic 2

People and agencies abuse power in the novel. How does power corrupt? Who are some of the people and agencies who abuse power? How does the theme of the abuse of power run through the novel and advance the plot?

Essay Topic 3

August draws very realistic drawings. What are some of these drawings? What do the drawings symbolize?

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