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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the Section get most of its information about Salander?
2. What does Blomkvist convince Jonasson to do?
3. What stands out most about the car that appears to be following Blomkvist in Chapter 8?
4. Why does Blomkvist buy untraceable phones in Chapter 8?
5. What unusual item was used to stop Salander's bleeding in the farmhouse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Blomkvist trust Berger with the Zalachenko story even though she is going to work at SMP?
2. What realizations does Salander have when she is being questioned by the police in Chapter 6?
3. How are things going at SMP at the end of Chapter 12?
4. What do Modig and Bublanski suspect about Zalachenko at the end of Chapter 4?
5. What does Blomkvist claim is the purpose of "The Knights of the Idiotic Table"?
6. Why does Gullberg shoot himself in Chapter 7?
7. What do Erlander and Blomkvist wonder at when they go back to the farmhouse at the end of Chapter 1?
8. What does the reader learn about the Section's role in having Salander committed to St. Stefan's in Chapter 5?
9. What approach does Giannini eventually take toward working with Salander?
10. What does Blomkvist do when he finds Salander on the floor of the farmhouse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe at least four negative aspects of having a protagonist as strong as Salander. Make sure to use evidence from the novel to support your position.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast two male characters of your choosing from "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," making sure to use direct evidence and examples from the text to support your thesis.
Essay Topic 3
Mysteries, and the Millennium Series in particular, are an especially popular type of novel. Discuss at least four aspects of Larsson's writing style that resonates so strongly with such a large audience, citing specific examples from the text to support your thesis.
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