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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 are the causes of Mathias's hereditary condition?
(a) 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
(b) Multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.
(c) Raynaud’s phenomenon and scleroderma.
(d) Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease and Cri du chat.

2. What did Arve pass to Birte when he met her?
(a) His ring.
(b) His business card.
(c) His watch.
(d) His yellow jacket.

3. Who from the missing persons division came to Eli's home to investigate her disappearance in Chapter 28?
(a) Thomas Helle.
(b) Ellen Gjelten.
(c) Onny Hetland.
(d) Bjørn Holm.

4. How did Mathias escape the car after killing his mother?
(a) He smashed the window with the jack.
(b) He rolled down the window and crawled out.
(c) He broke the window with a bat.
(d) He climbed out through the trunk.

5. The ring that Harry finds in Katrine's desk drawer is one that he recognizes from whose house?
(a) Birte's.
(b) Sara's.
(c) Jonas's.
(d) Beate's

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Harry's old friend and mentor that he meets at the hospital in Chapter 28?

2. What does Harry request at the equipment counter in Chapter 28?

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

4. Why does Harry deduce the Snowman killed the third chicken in Chapter 31?

5. On what day of the investigation does Chapter 27 begin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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