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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Blomkvist start doing most of his work once he realizes he's being followed and his phones are tapped?
(a) Millennium's offices.
(b) His car.
(c) The public library.
(d) Salander's apartment.

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

3. How does Blomkvist view Paulsson?
(a) As someone who has it in for Salander.
(b) As an idiot.
(c) As a spy.
(d) As someone who can help the investigation.

4. Which officer believes Blomkvist's story about Salander in Chapter 2?
(a) Ekstrom.
(b) No one.
(c) Bublanski.
(d) Erlander.

5. What do Berger and Blomkvist joke they will have to do in order to see each other in Chapter 5?
(a) Move-in together.
(b) Begin making appointments with each other.
(c) Stop trying to avoid each other so much.
(d) Finally get married.

6. How old is Evert Gullberg when he is first introduced in the novel in Chapter 5?
(a) 18.
(b) 78.
(c) 48.
(d) 28.

7. Who does Berger consider the owner of Zalachenko's story?
(a) Her new newspaper.
(b) No one; it's information for whomever can get it.
(c) The public.
(d) Millennium.

8. What does Annika do when she hears shots being fired in the hospital in Chapter 7?
(a) She pulls out her own gun and tries to find the original shooter.
(b) She takes Salander into the bathroom.
(c) She throws herself on top of Salander.
(d) She jumps out onto the balcony.

9. Why does Blomkvist buy untraceable phones in Chapter 8?
(a) Too many fans are trying to call his regular line.
(b) He can't afford real ones.
(c) Too many reporters have his number.
(d) He knows his phones are tapped.

10. What do the officers mostly want to discuss with Zalachenko when they first come to question him?
(a) Who he really is -- they aren't sure.
(b) Niedermann.
(c) Where he got all his money from.
(d) What his role in the government was.

11. Who is Superintendent Torsten Edklinth?
(a) A former senator who is very well connected within the national security community.
(b) Director of Constitutional Protection at the Security Police (Sapo).
(c) Armansky's old boss.
(d) Armansky's brother-in-law.

12. How can Salander and Annika's relationship best be described in Chapter 9?
(a) Tense.
(b) Trusting.
(c) Mutually beneficial.
(d) Harmonious.

13. What does Paulsson arrest Blomkvist for in Chapter 1?
(a) Insulting an officer.
(b) Resisting arrest.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Being in possession of an illegal weapon.

14. What is Dragan Armansky's job?
(a) No one is really sure, they just know he is really rich.
(b) He works with the government to recruit and hire spies.
(c) He is President and CEO of Milton Security.
(d) He is a movie producer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the incredibly vulgar communication Berger receives in Chapter 12 supposedly from?

3. Who does Modig plan to visit at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What does Salander tell Annika about her role in Bjurman's death?

5. What is the best way to describe Holm's attitude toward Berger as she takes the helm of SMP?

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