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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. Harry hands Mathias the gun that he had taken from whom in Chapter 36?
(a) Borghild.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Katrine.
(d) Jonas.

2. Whom does Skarre scold for not believing in Harry in Chapter 36?
(a) Idar.
(b) Hagen.
(c) Onny.
(d) Bjørn.

3. What does Mathias try to get Harry to do when they face off in Chapter 36?
(a) To shoot himself.
(b) To jump off the bridge.
(c) To shoot him.
(d) To murder Rakel.

4. Why does Harry deduce the Snowman killed the third chicken in Chapter 31?
(a) Because he was afraid of witnesses.
(b) Because he was hallucinating.
(c) To cover a blood stain.
(d) To savor the thrill of killing.

5. What does Harry tell Mathias about Rakel after cuffing Mathias to himself in Chapter 36?
(a) That she died.
(b) That she survived.
(c) That she is marrying him.
(d) That she will be prosecuted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Harry travel by train in Chapter 28?

2. Where is the mold man in Chapter 38?

3. Who appears at the end of Chapter 26?

4. Who does Harry call to pick him up from Katrine's apartment in Chapter 25?

5. Why was Katrine reprimanded at her old job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection did Idar have to Arve?

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

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

4. Why does Mathias build a snowman in Chapter 33?

5. What is the significance of the Swedish study on genetics in the novel?

6. Who is Ståle Aune and what is his relationship to Harry?

7. In what ways is the storyline of The Snowman nonlinear?

8. When did Sylvia contact Arve about children that belonged to him? What did she say?

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

10. Who was the first woman to get pregnant by Arve? How did he respond?

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