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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Edklinth assign to investigate Armansky's story about Salander?
(a) Blomkvist.
(b) Annika.
(c) Inspector Monica Figuerola.
(d) Armansky himself.

3. Who becomes Editor-in-Chief at Millennium when Berger leaves?
(a) Blomkvist.
(b) Eriksson.
(c) No one; they start looking for someone to hire.
(d) Salander.

4. Who does Ekstrom take off of Salander's case in Chapter 11?
(a) Bublanski.
(b) Blomkvist.
(c) Annika.
(d) No one; he is very happy with the team at this point.

5. Where did the Section get most of its information about Salander?
(a) Her father, Zalachenko.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her twin sister, Camilla.
(d) Blomkvist.

6. When does the story of "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" pick up?
(a) Thirty years after the ending of the previous novel.
(b) The day after the ending of the previous novel.
(c) The reader isn't sure since these novels aren't connected.
(d) Before the first novel in the series begins; it's a flashback novel.

7. What is the name of the hospital where Dr. Jonasson works?
(a) Sahlgrenska.
(b) Sweden National Hospital.
(c) He works in an office, not a hospital.
(d) Washington General.

8. What does Salander realize after talking to Annika for a few minutes?
(a) That Annika doesn't have Salander's best interests at heart.
(b) That Salander needs her as her lawyer.
(c) That Annika isn't very smart.
(d) That Annika is working with the government.

9. How does Gullberg sneak into Zalachenko's room?
(a) He takes a nurse hostage.
(b) He demands that Salander tell him which room is Zalachenko's.
(c) He dresses like a doctor.
(d) He goes in when the nurse isn't paying attention.

10. How does the outgoing chief of SMP die?
(a) He is murdered.
(b) He peacefully dies in his sleep.
(c) Of a heart attack.
(d) He kills himself.

11. What does Dr. Jonasson notice about Salander in Chapter 9?
(a) That she is not as smart as everyone thinks.
(b) That she is suffering psychologically as well.
(c) That she might be pregnant.
(d) That she is still in love with Blomkvist.

12. When does Blomkvist decide would be the best time to publish Svensson's work?
(a) As soon as humanly possible.
(b) Right when Salander's trial begins.
(c) Exactly one year after his death.
(d) Only after Salander's trial concludes.

13. How does Edklinth react to hearing Salander's story from Armansky?
(a) He is appalled.
(b) He thinks there are some sacrifices one has to make to be safe.
(c) He acts appalled but actually knows all about it already.
(d) He simply doesn't believe Armansky.

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

15. Who is Idris Ghidi?
(a) A Kuwaiti immigrant who is an intern at Millennium.
(b) An Iraqi immigrant who works at the hospital where Salander is being kept.
(c) A Pakistani immigrant who has been friends with Salander for many years.
(d) An Indian immigrant who is involved with the sex trafficking story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Salander's relationship to Niedermann?

2. What kind of incredibly vulgar communication does Berger receive in Chapter 12?

3. What does Gullberg bring with him as a cover when he goes to the hospital in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Berger arrive early for her first day at SMP?

5. What is the only thing Zalachenko wants to discuss when the police come to question him for the first time?

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