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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the incredibly vulgar communication Berger receives in Chapter 12 supposedly from?
(a) Someone at SMP.
(b) Someone at SMP's major competitor.
(c) Someone who used her own computer.
(d) Someone at Millennium.

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

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

4. Who first comes to the hospital to question Zalachenko?
(a) Erlander and Annika.
(b) Blomkvist and Salander.
(c) Bublanksi and Bomkvist.
(d) Modig and Erlander.

5. What is the only thing Zalachenko wants to discuss when the police come to question him for the first time?
(a) The fact that his daughter tried to kill him.
(b) If Salander is okay or not; he is worried about her.
(c) How much money he had stolen from him.
(d) When he will be let go.

6. Why is Blomkvist unable to get any information about Salander's condition in Chapter 5?
(a) Because Salander is dead but no one is supposed to know.
(b) Because Salander asked that no one be given updates.
(c) Because Salander asked that Blomkvist not be given updates.
(d) Because the hospital refuses to give it out.

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

8. Who arrives at the same time as Gullber at the hospital in Chapter 7?
(a) Blomkvist.
(b) Eriksson.
(c) Zalachenko.
(d) Annika.

9. What car does Blomkvist notice is following him in Chapter 8?
(a) A black Mercedes.
(b) A red Mercedes.
(c) A blue Volvo.
(d) A gray Volvo.

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

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

12. 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 reader isn't sure since these novels aren't connected.
(c) The day after the ending of the previous novel.
(d) Before the first novel in the series begins; it's a flashback novel.

13. 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.

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

15. What is Zalachenko's real name?
(a) Alexander Dimitrov.
(b) Karl Bodin Zalachenkov.
(c) Zalachenko Levin.
(d) Karl Axel Bodin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the outgoing chief of SMP die?

3. What happens to the report Modig wanted to read from Sapo in Chapter 4?

4. What happens to the police officer Paulsson sends to find Niedermann?

5. What is Dr. Jonasson doing when he learns that 2 patients are arriving via helicopter in Chapter 1?

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