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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. In what month and year does Chapter 1 begin?

2. What is Idar holding in his right hand when his body is discovered?

3. Where is the doctor's office where Jonas had missed an appointment?

4. Where does the man who claims to be the killer tell Rafto to meet him in Chapter 5?

5. What has the killer done with Sylvia's head in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the genre of The Snowman? What are the characteristics of this literary genre?

2. What does Harry do when he finds a snowman outside his apartment in Chapter 20?

3. What is Skarre discussing with Katrine in Chapter 6? Why?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the letter that Harry received from the Snowman indicate?

9. When and where is Chapter 2 set? Who are the characters introduced in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and red herrings in The Snowman. What clues in the novel indicate later events? What clues lead the reader astray from the truth about the Snowman?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of symbolism and imagery in The Snowman. What does the building of snowmen represent symbolically for Mathias? How are the snowmen that are left as the killer's calling cards described? What other symbols stand out in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the settings in The Snowman. Where does Harry work? What is the general population of this area? What role does the setting of the novel play in its plot?

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