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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 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.

2. Who does Harry tell he thinks that Katrine is the Snowman in Chapter 28?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Beate.
(c) Idar.
(d) Hagen.

3. What was Mathias's objective for building a snowman in Chapter 33?
(a) To impress his mother.
(b) To sit on its lap.
(c) To sing it Christmas carols.
(d) To throw snowballs at it.

4. What does Harry use to break the glass door to Arve's building in Chapter 26?
(a) Idar's car.
(b) Onny's car.
(c) Beate's car.
(d) Bjørn's car.

5. Why did Rafto curse Mathias?
(a) Mathias tried to rape him.
(b) Mathias had an affair with Rafto's wife.
(c) Mathias spilled his drink on Rafto.
(d) Mathias called him a drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Harry at his hotel room in Bergen in Chapter 30?

2. Why did the boys tease Mathias and throw snowballs at him when he was a boy?

3. What surname does Katrine tell the psychiatrist to use when summoning Harry in Chapter 31?

4. Whom does Harry ask to attempt to determine what DNA evidence has been left at the crime scene in Chapter 31?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Filip tell Jonas in Chapter 37?

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

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

5. Why does Eli's murder stand apart from the other murders of the Snowman?

6. What connection did Idar have to Arve?

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

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

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

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

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