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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 is Mathias sitting when Harry finds him in Chapter 36?
(a) The edge of a cliff.
(b) A riverside.
(c) An open window.
(d) A church pew.

2. What are the newspaper articles about that Harry discovers in Katrine's apartment?
(a) Cases involving serial rapists.
(b) Cases that Harry has covered.
(c) Cases that are overseas.
(d) Cases that were dismissed in court.

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

4. Why are the officers unable to determine what has happened with Mathias and Harry in Chapter 36?
(a) Because of the snow.
(b) Because of the dark.
(c) Because they are far away.
(d) Because of the rain.

5. Where does Harry go to visit Aune in Chapter 38?
(a) At the deli.
(b) At his store.
(c) At the hospital.
(d) At the casino.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opens the door when Harry goes to drop off something for Rakel at her home in Chapter 31?

2. Mathias told Laila that he needed to meet her in secret because he needed information about what?

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?

4. Where does Arve meet Katrine in Chapter 24?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Harry realize as the stem for his depression in Chapter 30?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is the turned-over board by the mold man important to the story?

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

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

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