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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. Where did the car roll after Mathias hit his mother over the head?
(a) Into the lake.
(b) Into a swamp.
(c) Into the river.
(d) Into the ocean.

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

3. Why did the young Mathias get out of the car in Chapter 33?
(a) He wanted to use a payphone.
(b) The car was on fire.
(c) The engine stalled.
(d) He was bored.

4. What does Katrine order Arve to put on at his apartment in Chapter 25?
(a) A motorcycle helmet.
(b) A pair of snowshoes.
(c) A pig's mask.
(d) A blond wig.

5. With whom does the psychiatrist discuss Katrine's condition in Chapter 32?
(a) Bjørn Holm and Jonas Becker.
(b) Jack Halvorsen and Rakel Fauke.
(c) Knut Müller-Nilsen and Espen Lepsvik.
(d) Idar Vetlesen and Ellen Gjelten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the mold man say he turned around a board on Harry's wall in Chapter 31?

2. Where does Harry travel to by boat in Chapter 29?

3. How long had it been since Arve had seen Sylvia when she called him to say that she had given birth to his twins?

4. Where does Harry go to visit Aune in Chapter 38?

5. Where did Mathias meet Idar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Harry protect himself from Katrine in Chapter 29?

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

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

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

8. Why does Harry refuse to shoot Mathias in Chapter 36?

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

10. What connection did Idar have to Arve?

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