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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. Where does Harry go and ask for the key to the doctor's room in Chapter 16?

2. What is the female character carrying as the runs through the snow-laden forest in the end of Chapter 7?

3. Where is Idar's body discovered?

4. What caused Rafto's death?

5. Where is the study from that states the rates of children with a different father than they thought they had in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harry agree to appear on the television show Bosse?

2. What clues does Harry note about the crime scene in Chapter 9?

3. What is significant about Harry's interaction with Hagen at the bar in Chapter 22?

4. When and how was Rafto killed?

5. What does Harry learn from Filip after attending his lecture in Chapter 10?

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

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

8. What does Harry deduce about Sylvia's body in Chapter 10?

9. What is in the black book that Filip possesses?

10. Whom does Harry get information about from Mathias in Chapter 11? Why?

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 theme of personal demons in The Snowman. What are the personal demons that Harry must grapple with? What are the personal demons of the Snowman? How do the characters in this novel go about absolving their personal demons?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Mathias in The Snowman. What does the reader learn about Mathias's childhood? What led to Mathias's actions as a serial killer? What happens to Mathias in the end of the novel?

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