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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic of the opening quotation in Part I of "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest"?
(a) Women fighting during the American Civil War.
(b) The importance of literacy.
(c) Men's roles during the Industrial Revolution in Sweden.
(d) The importance of the press in a free society.

2. What did Salander tattoo on Bjurman?
(a) "I am a sadistic pig, a pervert, and a rapist."
(b) "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone."
(c) "CAUTION!"
(d) "Salander was here."

3. Whose sister is Annika Giannini?
(a) Erlander's.
(b) Salander's.
(c) Niedermann's.
(d) Blomkvist's.

4. Who is Zalachenko's long-time lawyer associated with?
(a) Clientelle of the highest caliber.
(b) The Yugoslavian mafia.
(c) The CIA.
(d) Unimpressive clientelle.

5. What does Zalachenko tell Sandberg he wants?
(a) For Salander to disappear.
(b) To get out of the hospital.
(c) To die.
(d) To just go back to living a normal life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blomkvist view Paulsson?

2. What newspaper does Berger eventually go to work for?

3. In Chapter 2, whom does Blomkvist suspect of hiring Zalachenko to murder Salander?

4. What is Zalachenko's real name?

5. How does Zalachenko view Jonas Sandberg when he first meets him?

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