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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Salander's relationship to Niedermann?

3. Whose phones does Clinton plan to tap in Chapter 7?

4. What does Blomkvist tell Dr. Jonasson in Chapter 11 about Dr. Teleborian?

5. Why is Blomkvist unable to get any information about Salander's condition in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the Section's role in having Salander committed to St. Stefan's in Chapter 5?

2. What critical information about Niedermann does Blomkvist give Paulsson in Chapter 1 -- information that he ignores?

3. Why does Blomkvist trust Berger with the Zalachenko story even though she is going to work at SMP?

4. What injuries does Zalachenko have when he arrives at the hospital in Chapter 1?

5. What is Gullberg's background with the Security Police?

6. What does Figuerola discover as soon as she starts investigating Salander's story?

7. What does Armansky tell Blomkvist about his willingness to help Salander when Blomkvist approaches him in Chapter 5?

8. What does Bublanski think about the death of Gunnar Bjorck?

9. Why does Morander not tell Berger the full story on the staff at SMP?

10. What injuries does Salander have when she arrives at the hospital in Chapter 1?

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