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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) His car.
(b) Salander's apartment.
(c) The public library.
(d) Millennium's offices.

2. Who finally convinces Annika to represent Salander?
(a) Blomkvist.
(b) Erlander.
(c) No one; Annika decides all on her own.
(d) Salander herself.

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

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

5. Where does Annika decide to stay after the incident at the hospital (instead of heading home)?
(a) With her brother.
(b) At an old colleague's place.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) In a hostel where no one will think to look for her.

6. What stands out most about the car that appears to be following Blomkvist in Chapter 8?
(a) The weird pink license plate frame.
(b) The broken back windshield.
(c) The fact that it is very, very loud.
(d) The KAB number on the car.

7. What does Zalachenko demand of Gullberg when he sees him?
(a) That he return to Salander's room and make sure she's dead.
(b) That he get him something to eat.
(c) That the Section must get him out of this mess.
(d) That he confess who he really is.

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

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

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

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 brother-in-law.
(d) Armansky's old boss.

12. What happens to the police officer Paulsson sends to find Niedermann?
(a) No one knows; Niedermann kidnaps them.
(b) One is killed and the other is badly beaten.
(c) They both return unharmed.
(d) One is beaten but one is okay.

13. What does Erlander tell Annika about Salander in Chapter 5 that might affect her legal case?
(a) That she has confessed to every charge against her.
(b) That she is not going to come out of her coma.
(c) That Salander has been declared incompetent.
(d) That she refuses to talk to Annika.

14. Why does Berger arrive early for her first day at SMP?
(a) She is eager to decorate her office.
(b) She is restless.
(c) She needs the money.
(d) She knows she needs to fire people and she wants to do it asap.

15. Why is Blomkvist not allowed to visit Salander in the hospital?
(a) Because she is under arrest.
(b) Because she can't remember who he is and therefore doesn't want to see him.
(c) Because she demanded he not be let in.
(d) Because she has a restraining order against him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon does a nurse find in Salander's bed in Chapter 6?

2. How does the outgoing chief of SMP die?

3. Who claims to still have a copy of Bjork's report that has been stolen or gone missing for everyone else?

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

5. Who arrives at the same time as Gullber at the hospital in Chapter 7?

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