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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. With whom does Harry share a rivalry with at the police department?
(a) Becker.
(b) Ottersen.
(c) Fauke.
(d) Skarre.

2. What problem is Harry's home plighted with in Chapter 2?
(a) Ants.
(b) Mold.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Wasps.

3. What does Harry do to the snowman he finds in the alleyway in Chapter 20?
(a) He hoses it down.
(b) He stabs it with a rake.
(c) He attacks it with a shovel.
(d) He shoots it.

4. Who discovers Idar's body?
(a) Asta Johannsen.
(b) Sara Kvinesland.
(c) Camilla Lossius.
(d) Idar Vetlesen.

5. Why is Hagen upset with Harry in Chapter 22?
(a) Because of Harry's statement on Bosse.
(b) Because hs discovered Harry is having an affair with his wife.
(c) Because of Harry having wrecked his car.
(d) Because Harry is doing cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the scene of a murder that Inspector Gert Rafto investigates in Chapter 5?

2. On what floor is Harry's office at the police station?

3. Who is Camilla's husband?

4. What is the profession of Eli's husband?

5. On what day of the investigation does Chapter 20 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is Harry Hole an unlikely protagonist?

2. What is Skarre discussing with Katrine in Chapter 6? Why?

3. Who is Eli Kvale? How is this character introduced?

4. What is the genre of The Snowman? What are the characteristics of this literary genre?

5. Whom does Harry get information about from Mathias in Chapter 11? Why?

6. What is the significance of the drug carnadrioxide in the novel?

7. What does Harry discover about Idar's visits to the Hotel Leon in Chapter 16?

8. What does Harry deduce about Sylvia's body in Chapter 10?

9. What is Tresko able to determine from Arve's body language in Chapter 23?

10. When and how was Rafto killed?

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