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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 did Rafto curse Mathias?
(a) Mathias had an affair with Rafto's wife.
(b) Mathias tried to rape him.
(c) Mathias spilled his drink on Rafto.
(d) Mathias called him a drunk.

2. What does the mold man tell the residents about mold in Chapter 38?
(a) There is mold even if they cannot see it.
(b) The mold has morphed into something else.
(c) The mold is evil.
(d) The mold has been completely eradicated from the building.

3. The Swedish study on infidelity indicated that what percentage of people have a different biological father than the one they believed to be their father?
(a) 10-15%.
(b) 30-50%.
(c) 15-20%.
(d) 5-10%.

4. Why does the mold man say he turned around a board on Harry's wall in Chapter 31?
(a) Because he had bled on it.
(b) Because it was broken.
(c) Because the mold would not come off.
(d) Because it was black.

5. Who is Harry's old friend and mentor that he meets at the hospital in Chapter 28?
(a) Ståle Aune.
(b) Laila Aasen.
(c) Ellen Gjelten.
(d) Bjørn Holm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mathias's toes feel after he has committed a murder?

2. What was Mathias's objective for building a snowman in Chapter 33?

3. Who appears at the end of Chapter 26?

4. Who in Mathias's family did his mother claim had the same hereditary condition as him?

5. Why was Mathias able to determine her mother was lying about the source of his hereditary condition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mathias manage to get into Rakel's home in Chapter 35? What does he do when he gets inside?

2. What does Mathias realize when he sees his mother in the window in Chapter 33?

3. What does Harry note about Mathias when he answers the door at Rakel's home in Chapter 31?

4. What are Harry's plans at the end of the novel?

5. Why does Eli's murder stand apart from the other murders of the Snowman?

6. What does Harry find in Katrine's apartment in Chapter 24?

7. What connection did Idar have to Arve?

8. How do Harry and Bjørn manage to save Arve in Chapter 26?

9. What does Harry tell the police psychiatrist in Chapter 30?

10. What information is related about Katrine in the novel's denouement?

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