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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 day of the investigation opens Chapter 10?

2. What is Filip holding in his hand when he watches Harry depart in Chapter 10?

3. What is the name of Sylvia's identical twin?

4. What does Harry deduce the case and killings are about in Chapter 23?

5. On what floor is Harry's office at the police station?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When and how was Rafto killed?

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

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

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

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

8. What are the reasons that Harry gives to explain why Idar did not kill himself?

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

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 character of Inspector Gert Rafto in The Snowman. What role does Rafto play in the novel's plot? What has happened to Rafto? What is Rafto's relationship to Katrine?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of the pursuit of redemption in The Snowman. What characters in this novel are seeking redemption? How do they go about seeking it? Do any of these characters find redemption?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Harry Hole as the protagonist of The Snowman. How old is Harry? What is his profession? What elements of Harry's character make him an "anti-hero"? How does Harry's character evolve in the story?

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