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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shop that Rolf owned with Sylvia?

2. What does the note say that is left under Rakel's windshield wiper in Chapter 18?

3. From where is Eli Kvale's son visiting in Chapter 11?

4. What color scarf is the snowman wearing when Jonas awakens from a nightmare about his father in Chapter 3?

5. What condition does Mathias describe having in his blood in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Birte's cell phone found? How is it found?

2. What scenario is described in Chapter 1 of the novel?

3. What is Harry doing when Hagen and the superintendent come into his office in Chapter 17? Why?

4. What is Tresko able to determine from Arve's body language in Chapter 23?

5. Who is Inspector Gert Rafto and what is he investigating in Chapter 5?

6. Where is Idar's body discovered? How did he die?

7. Where is Sylvia killed? How is she killed?

8. Where is The Snowman set? How does the setting inform the action of the plot?

9. What is the significance of the drug carnadrioxide in the novel?

10. What is Idar's connection to the Hotel Leon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative style of The Snowman. From what point of view is the story related? Why is this important? How would the story differ if it were related from a different perspective? In what ways does the narrative perspective relate to the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Hagen in the novel. What is Hagen's position with the Oslo police? How does Hagen regard Harry as a detective? How would you describe the relationship between Harry and Hagen?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the linear structure of The Snowman. Does the story move continuously forward in terms of events? When and where does the story step back or forward in time? Why does the author employ these techniques?

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