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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. What did Mathias plan to do before his impending death overtook him?
(a) Marry.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Kill his father.
(d) Kill Harry and Rakel.

2. What happens when Mathias pulls the trigger in Chapter 36?
(a) The gun is unloaded.
(b) He shoots Rakel.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He shoots Harry.

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

4. What does Harry tell Rakel in Chapter 38?
(a) That he is dying.
(b) That he is going away.
(c) That he wants a divorce.
(d) That he has gotten a promotion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is remarkable about what Harry finds in Katrine's printer in Chapter 24?

2. What did Arve pass to Birte when he met her?

3. Why did Mathias start seeing Rafto as a patient?

4. What are the newspaper articles about that Harry discovers in Katrine's apartment?

5. What does the mold man tell the residents about mold in Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Harry face off with Mathias in Chapter 36? How is this setting significant?

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

5. What does Harry discover at the Anatomy Department in Chapter 32?

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

7. Why and how is Harry used as a scapegoat in Chapter 30?

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

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

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

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